WN4099Southwest Airlines · STL → MDW
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4099 St LouisSTL · 22:00 ChicagoMDW · 23:00

WN4099 by Southwest Airlines flies from St Louis (STL) to Chicago (MDW) for the Sun, Oct 25 departure.

Right nowExpected in Chicago · today
23:00

arrival expected at MDW · on schedule

Typical gate push+13 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+8 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~5 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+33+67+100 min
10-23
+100 gate · +81 arrival
10-22
+13 gate · +8 arrival
10-21
−3 gate · −24 arrival
10-20
−15 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
STLSt LouisOn-time likelySTL delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
STL→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.2%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at STL and MDW 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 St Louis to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2888departs 05:25
WN4096departs 05:45
WN3585departs 06:05
WN4143departs 10:50
WN1769departs 10:55
WN2129departs 11:00

If WN4099 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from St Louis to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in STL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN4099 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4099 across the STL and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~8 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 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 WN4099 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
10-23STL 22:00 23:40 (+100)MDW 23:10 00:31 (+81)
10-22STL 22:00 22:13 (+13)MDW 23:10 23:18 (+8)
10-21STL 20:50 20:47 (−3)MDW 22:00 21:36 (−24)
10-20STL MDW 22:00 21:45 (−15)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8959Q, N221WN, N8550Q.

Board clocks recorded as STL and MDW published them.

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