WN426Southwest Airlines · LAX → STL
live · 6m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN426 Los AngelesLAX · 17:55 St LouisSTL · 23:30

WN426 by Southwest Airlines flies from Los Angeles (LAX) to St Louis (STL).

Right nowIn the air to St Louis
22:20

estimated arrival at STL · local time · ~2h 59m from now

LivePosition · updated 6m ago
LAX1,618 mi · ~2h 59m leftSTL
35,000 ftAltitudecruising
552 mphSpeed480 kt
131°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 26 min

Typical gate push+31 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+12 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~19 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+39+77+116 min
10-24
+7 gate · −21 arrival
10-23
+7 gate · −21 arrival
10-22
+108 gate · +83 arrival
10-19
+52 gate · +22 arrival
10-16
+31 gate · +12 arrival
10-15
+21 gate · −12 arrival
10-12
+116 gate · +76 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 +12 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LAXLos AngelesOn-time likelyLAX delay board →
STLSt LouisOn-time likelySTL delay board →
LAX→STLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.4%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at LAX 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 Los Angeles to St Louis flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN705departs 05:10
WN694departs 05:55
WN1263departs 10:30
WN2540departs 13:40

If WN426 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Los Angeles to St Louis on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LAX local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN426 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN426 across the LAX and STL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min late. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 4/7 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN426 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
10-24LAX 17:55 18:02 (+7)STL 23:30 23:09 (−21)
10-23LAX 17:55 18:02 (+7)STL 23:30 23:09 (−21)
10-22LAX 17:55 19:43 (+108)STL 23:30 00:53 (+83)
10-19LAX 17:55 18:47 (+52)STL 23:30 23:52 (+22)
10-16LAX 17:55 18:26 (+31)STL 23:30 23:42 (+12)
10-15LAX 17:55 18:16 (+21)STL 23:30 23:18 (−12)
10-12LAX 17:55 19:51 (+116)STL 23:30 00:46 (+76)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8675A, N8320J, N8894Q, N8985Q.

Board clocks recorded as LAX and STL published them.

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