WN3988Southwest Airlines · SNA → DEN
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN3988 Santa AnaSNA · 17:10 DenverDEN · 20:25

WN3988 by Southwest Airlines flies from Santa Ana (SNA) to Denver (DEN) for the Thu, Oct 22 departure.

Right nowExpected · today · as of 00:13
17:10

departs SNA · on schedule

Typical gate push+29 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+52 minmedian over 5 operations

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+39+78+117 min
10-22
+0 gate · +52 arrival
10-19
+10 gate · −9 arrival
10-18
+117 gate · +93 arrival
10-16
+73 gate · +66 arrival
10-15
+29 gate · +13 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 +52 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SNASanta AnaModerate riskSNA delay board →
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
SNA→DENevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.7%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SNA and DEN 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
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Santa Ana to Denver flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3290departs 06:45
WN4361departs 06:45
WN2438departs 07:45
WN4682departs 07:45
WN4508departs 08:20
WN2162departs 10:25

If WN3988 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Santa Ana to Denver 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 WN3988 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN3988 across the SNA and DEN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~52 min late. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 2/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN3988 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
10-22SNA 18:04 (+0)DEN 20:25 21:17 (+52)
10-19SNA 17:10 17:20 (+10)DEN 20:25 20:16 (−9)
10-18SNA 17:35 19:32 (+117)DEN 20:50 22:23 (+93)
10-16SNA 17:10 18:23 (+73)DEN 20:25 21:31 (+66)
10-15SNA 17:10 17:39 (+29)DEN 20:25 20:38 (+13)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N7723E, N913WN, N8814K, N927WN.

Board clocks recorded as SNA and DEN published them.

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