WN3853Southwest Airlines · SFO → SAN
live · 5m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN3853 San FranciscoSFO · 06:50 San DiegoSAN · 08:25

WN3853 by Southwest Airlines flies from San Francisco (SFO) to San Diego (SAN) for the Mon, Nov 9 departure.

Right nowIn the air to San Diego · off blocks 06:46 · 4 min early
08:29

estimated arrival at SAN · local time · ~50 min from now

LivePosition · updated 5m ago
SFO201 mi · ~50 min leftSAN
41,000 ftAltitudecruising
527 mphSpeed458 kt
126°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 38 min

Typical gate push−4 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−14 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~10 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-09
−4 gate · +4 arrival
11-08
+35 gate
11-07
−7 gate · −24 arrival
11-06
−10 gate · −28 arrival
11-05
+0 gate · −4 arrival

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

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −14 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SFOSan FranciscoModerate riskSFO delay board →
SANSan DiegoOn-time likelySAN delay board →
SFO→SANevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
61%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+17 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by SFO (San Francisco), currently flying IFR (instrument). 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 San Francisco

Forecast

Tue 10 Nov, local date

High22°Clikely 20°C to 24°C
Low13°Clikely 12°C to 15°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.

Tomorrow at San Diego

Forecast

Tue 10 Nov, local date

High26°Clikely 25°C to 28°C
Low16°Clikely 15°C to 18°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 San Francisco to San Diego flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN745departs 09:35
WN4804departs 10:40
WN3388departs 12:30
WN3855departs 15:00
WN139departs 15:30
WN3226departs 16:10

If WN3853 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from San Francisco to San Diego on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SFO 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 WN3853 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN3853 across the SFO and SAN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~21 min early. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 3/3 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 WN3853 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
11-09SFO 06:50 06:46 (−4)SAN 08:25 08:29 (+4)
11-08SFO 06:50 07:25 (+35)SAN
11-07SFO 06:30 06:23 (−7)SAN 08:05 07:41 (−24)
11-06SFO 06:50 06:40 (−10)SAN 08:25 07:57 (−28)
11-05SFO 06:50 (+0)SAN 08:25 08:21 (−4)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8915Q, N915WN.

Board clocks recorded as SFO and SAN published them.

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