WN4197Southwest Airlines · TPA → STL
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4197 TampaTPA · 06:15 St LouisSTL · 07:40

WN4197 by Southwest Airlines flies from Tampa (TPA) to St Louis (STL) for the Thu, Oct 22 departure.

Right nowLanded in St Louis · today
07:16

arrived at STL · 24 min early

Typical gate push+11 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−23 minmedian over 14 operations
Wins back in air~34 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 14tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-22
−24 arrival
10-21
−24 arrival
10-19
−8 arrival
10-18
−20 arrival
10-17
−16 arrival
10-16
+4 gate · −36 arrival
10-15
−22 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 −23 min · 0 cancelled · 14 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
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.4%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

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. 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 Tampa to St Louis flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3690departs 11:00
WN552departs 11:25
WN4198departs 11:35
WN3345departs 12:30
WN3833departs 18:35
WN5063departs 18:50

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 posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. 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 ~19 min early. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 13/13 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
10-22TPA STL 07:40 07:16 (−24)
10-21TPA STL 07:35 07:11 (−24)
10-19TPA STL 07:40 07:32 (−8)
10-18TPA STL 07:40 07:20 (−20)
10-17TPA STL 07:30 07:14 (−16)
10-16TPA 06:15 06:19 (+4)STL 07:40 07:04 (−36)
10-15TPA STL 07:40 07:18 (−22)
10-14TPA STL 07:35 07:02 (−33)
10-13TPA STL 07:35 07:12 (−23)
10-12TPA STL 07:40 07:23 (−17)
10-11TPA STL 07:40 07:11 (−29)
10-10TPA 06:05 06:16 (+11)STL 07:30 07:07 (−23)
10-09TPA STL 07:40 07:22 (−18)
10-08TPA STL 07:40 07:14 (−26)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8926Q, N439WN, N968WN, N8577Z.

Board clocks recorded as TPA and STL published them.

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