WN3985Southwest Airlines · SNA → AUS
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN3985 Santa AnaSNA · 08:10 AustinAUS · 12:35

WN3985 by Southwest Airlines flies from Santa Ana (SNA) to Austin (AUS) for the Sun, Oct 18 departure.

Right nowExpected in Austin · On Time
12:35

arrival expected at AUS · on schedule

Typical gate push+12 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+29 minmedian over 3 operations

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-17
+12 gate · −10 arrival
10-16
+48 gate · +29 arrival
10-15
+0 gate · +36 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
SNASanta AnaOn-time likelySNA delay board →
AUSAustinOn-time likelyAUS delay board →
SNA→AUSevery 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
1.2%Chance of cancellation
+2 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SNA and AUS are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, 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 →

When it flies

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

Other Santa Ana to Austin flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2599departs 07:55
WN3756departs 11:05

If WN3985 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Santa Ana to Austin on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SNA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN3985 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN3985 across the SNA and AUS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: left heavily delayed (~48 min) but landed noticeably late (~29 min). Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN3985 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
10-17SNA 08:10 08:22 (+12)AUS 13:00 12:50 (−10)
10-16SNA 15:20 16:08 (+48)AUS 20:05 20:34 (+29)
10-15SNA 15:20 (+0)AUS 20:05 20:41 (+36)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8978G, N8934Q, N9016S.

Board clocks recorded as SNA and AUS published them.

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