WN3873Southwest Airlines · SLC → DEN
live · 26m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN3873 Salt Lake CitySLC · 08:15 DenverDEN · 09:45

WN3873 by Southwest Airlines flies from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Denver (DEN).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
08:15

scheduled from SLC

Typical gate push+29 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+12 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~17 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-05
+28 gate · +6 arrival
10-30
+29 gate · +17 arrival
10-29
+28 gate · +6 arrival
10-28
+48 gate · +31 arrival
10-27
+77 gate · +62 arrival
10-26
+33 gate · +22 arrival
10-25
+8 gate · −6 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 +12 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SLCSalt Lake CityOn-time likelySLC delay board →
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
SLC→DENevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SLC and DEN 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 Salt Lake City

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High12°Clikely 11°C to 13°C
Low4°Clikely 2°C to 5°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 Denver

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High14°Clikely 11°C to 16°C
Low1°Clikely 0°C to 3°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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Salt Lake City to Denver flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1644departs 05:55
WN3872departs 06:00
WN2586departs 06:15
WN1642departs 06:20
WN2587departs 08:20
WN3967departs 09:35

If WN3873 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Salt Lake City to Denver on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SLC 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 WN3873 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN3873 across the SLC and DEN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~12 min late. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 4/8 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN3873 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
11-05SLC 08:15 08:43 (+28)DEN 09:45 09:51 (+6)
10-30SLC 08:15 08:44 (+29)DEN 09:45 10:02 (+17)
10-29SLC 08:15 08:43 (+28)DEN 09:45 09:51 (+6)
10-28SLC 08:30 09:18 (+48)DEN 10:00 10:31 (+31)
10-27SLC 08:30 09:47 (+77)DEN 10:00 11:02 (+62)
10-26SLC 08:15 08:48 (+33)DEN 09:45 10:07 (+22)
10-25SLC 05:05 05:13 (+8)DEN 06:30 06:24 (−6)
10-24SLC DEN 09:45 09:35 (−10)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8698B, N8693A, N8819L, N8515X.

Board clocks recorded as SLC and DEN published them.

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Pro Flight Search: WN3873 Salt Lake City to Denver on-time performance, measured from the SLC and DEN airport boards.

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