WN4277Southwest Airlines · MDW → ICT
live · 11m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4277 ChicagoMDW · 22:00 WichitaICT · 23:55

WN4277 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Wichita (ICT).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
20:50

scheduled from MDW

Typical gate push−6 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−19 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~13 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-30
−6 gate · −17 arrival
10-29
−6 gate · −21 arrival
10-28
−4 gate · −15 arrival
10-27
−6 gate · −26 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
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
ICTWichitaOn-time likelyICT delay board →
MDW→ICTevery 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
0.7%Chance of cancellation
+11 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at MDW and ICT 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 Chicago

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High14°Clikely 12°C to 16°C
Low4°Clikely 2°C to 6°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 Wichita

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High18°Clikely 14°C to 21°C
Low3°Clikely 1°C to 6°C
  • 43% chance of fog

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 Chicago to Wichita flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN114departs 10:10
WN854departs 10:10
WN2152departs 10:35
WN3117departs 10:40
WN3280departs 16:15
WN3270departs 21:40

If WN4277 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Wichita on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MDW 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 WN4277 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4277 across the MDW and ICT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN4277 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
10-30MDW 22:00 21:54 (−6)ICT 23:55 23:38 (−17)
10-29MDW 22:00 21:54 (−6)ICT 23:55 23:34 (−21)
10-28MDW 20:50 20:46 (−4)ICT 22:50 22:35 (−15)
10-27MDW 20:50 20:44 (−6)ICT 22:50 22:24 (−26)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8697C, N8827Q, N9029H, N8553W.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and ICT published them.

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