WN4197Southwest Airlines · TPA → STL
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4197 TampaTPA · 06:05 St LouisSTL · 07:30

WN4197 by Southwest Airlines flies from Tampa (TPA) to St Louis (STL) for the Sat, Nov 7 departure.

Right nowTaxiing out at Tampa · off blocks 06:15 · 10 min late · typical taxi ≈ 6.8 min
Taxiing

en route from TPA to STL

En routeWN4197 · position estimated
TPATampaSTLSt Louis
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 06:15 · typical taxi-out at TPA ≈ 6.8 min.

Typical gate push+10 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−17 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~27 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
11-07
+10 gate · −18 arrival
10-30
+9 gate · −17 arrival
10-29
−24 arrival
10-28
+15 gate · −14 arrival
10-27
−28 arrival
10-26
−9 arrival
10-25
−9 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 −17 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
TPATampaOn-time likelyTPA delay board →
STLSt LouisOn-time likelySTL delay board →
TPA→STLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.8%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at TPA and STL 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 Tampa

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High27°Clikely 25°C to 28°C
Low17°Clikely 16°C to 19°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 St Louis

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High15°Clikely 13°C to 17°C
Low3°Clikely 1°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.

When it flies

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

Other Tampa to St Louis flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4283departs 06:10
WN3494departs 07:45
WN3001departs 08:40
WN2790departs 10:35
WN552departs 11:25
WN3349departs 12:15

If WN4197 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Tampa to St Louis on the same day, with scheduled departure times in TPA 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 WN4197 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4197 across the TPA and STL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~14 min early. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 8/8 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 WN4197 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
11-07TPA 06:05 06:15 (+10)STL 07:30 07:12 (−18)
10-30TPA 06:15 06:24 (+9)STL 07:40 07:23 (−17)
10-29TPA STL 07:40 07:16 (−24)
10-28TPA 06:10 06:25 (+15)STL 07:35 07:21 (−14)
10-27TPA STL 07:35 07:07 (−28)
10-26TPA STL 07:40 07:31 (−9)
10-25TPA STL 07:40 07:31 (−9)
10-24TPA 06:05 06:15 (+10)STL 07:30 07:12 (−18)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8894Q, N8560Z, N7825A, N7724A.

Board clocks recorded as TPA and STL published them.

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