WN4291Southwest Airlines · RDU → MDW
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4291 Raleigh/DurhamRDU · 19:20 ChicagoMDW · 20:20

WN4291 by Southwest Airlines flies from Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to Chicago (MDW).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
18:50

scheduled from RDU

Typical gate push+38 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+33 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~5 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+35+71+106 min
10-30
+106 gate · +89 arrival
10-29
+55 gate · +33 arrival
10-28
+21 gate · −12 arrival
10-27
+12 gate · −16 arrival
10-26
+36 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 +33 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
RDURaleigh/DurhamOn-time likelyRDU delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
RDU→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
53%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.5%Chance of cancellation
+35 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by MDW (Chicago), currently flying IFR (instrument). 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 Raleigh/Durham

Forecast

Tue 3 Nov, local date

High23°Clikely 21°C to 24°C
Low10°Clikely 8°C to 11°C
  • 44% 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.

Tomorrow at Chicago

Forecast

Tue 3 Nov, local date

High22°Clikely 20°C to 23°C
Low17°Clikely 15°C to 18°C
  • 95% chance of rain

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 Raleigh/Durham to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3568departs 06:55
WN3620departs 08:00
WN2390departs 08:40
WN2421departs 12:30
WN1742departs 13:45
WN2391departs 13:55

If WN4291 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Raleigh/Durham to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in RDU 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 WN4291 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4291 across the RDU and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~33 min late. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 2/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN4291 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
10-30RDU 19:20 21:06 (+106)MDW 20:20 21:49 (+89)
10-29RDU 19:20 20:15 (+55)MDW 20:20 20:53 (+33)
10-28RDU 18:50 19:11 (+21)MDW 19:55 19:43 (−12)
10-27RDU 18:50 19:02 (+12)MDW 19:55 19:39 (−16)
10-26RDU MDW 20:20 20:56 (+36)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8517F, N8631A, N8883Q, N8526W.

Board clocks recorded as RDU and MDW published them.

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