WN373Southwest Airlines · AUS → MDW
live · 8m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN373 AustinAUS · 12:50 ChicagoMDW · 11:55

WN373 by Southwest Airlines flies from Austin (AUS) to Chicago (MDW).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
15:20

scheduled from AUS

Typical gate push+34 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−16 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~50 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-30
+36 gate · −10 arrival
10-29
+36 gate · −16 arrival
10-26
+32 gate · −23 arrival
10-25
+31 gate · −16 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
AUSAustinModerate riskAUS delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
AUS→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.0%Chance of cancellation
+7 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at AUS and MDW are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow at Austin

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High19°Clikely 16°C to 21°C
Low13°Clikely 12°C to 15°C
  • 96% chance of rain

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Chicago

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High15°Clikely 13°C to 16°C
Low4°Clikely 3°C to 6°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Austin to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN246departs 05:00
WN372departs 05:05
WN249departs 06:45
WN378departs 07:05
WN379departs 09:30
WN2824departs 09:40

If WN373 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Austin to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in AUS local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How WN373 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN373 across the AUS and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~16 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN373 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-30AUS 09:20 09:56 (+36)MDW 11:55 11:45 (−10)
10-29AUS 09:20 09:56 (+36)MDW 11:55 11:39 (−16)
10-26AUS 09:20 09:52 (+32)MDW 11:55 11:32 (−23)
10-25AUS 09:35 10:06 (+31)MDW 12:10 11:54 (−16)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N9036W, N8923Q, N8874Q, N8816Q.

Board clocks recorded as AUS and MDW published them.

Planning around WN373? Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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