WN438Southwest Airlines · BDL → BWI
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN438 HartfordBDL · 05:40 BaltimoreBWI · 07:05

WN438 by Southwest Airlines flies from Hartford (BDL) to Baltimore (BWI).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
16:55

scheduled from BDL

⚖ WN438 typically leaves +4 and lands −22. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+4 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−22 minmedian over 13 operations
Wins back in air~26 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 13tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-01
+3 gate · −22 arrival
10-30
+8 gate · −14 arrival
10-29
+10 gate · −22 arrival
10-28
+19 gate · −11 arrival
10-27
+4 gate · −22 arrival
10-26
+9 gate · −25 arrival
10-25
+3 gate · −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 −22 min · 0 cancelled · 13 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BDLHartfordOn-time likelyBDL delay board →
BWIBaltimoreOn-time likelyBWI delay board →
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Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at BDL and BWI 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 on this route

Forecast

Hartford to Baltimore with Southwest Airlines · Mon 2 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
4.9%1.0× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 5 departures a day on this route with this airline. · 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 Hartford to Baltimore flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN276departs 05:50
WN445departs 05:55
WN951departs 07:05
WN3627departs 07:20
WN446departs 08:25
WN1010departs 08:50

If WN438 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Hartford to Baltimore on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BDL 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 WN438 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN438 across the BDL and BWI boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~22 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 WN438 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
11-01BDL 05:40 05:43 (+3)BWI 07:05 06:43 (−22)
10-30BDL 05:50 05:58 (+8)BWI 07:15 07:01 (−14)
10-29BDL 05:50 06:00 (+10)BWI 07:15 06:53 (−22)
10-28BDL 05:35 05:54 (+19)BWI 07:00 06:49 (−11)
10-27BDL 05:35 05:39 (+4)BWI 07:00 06:38 (−22)
10-26BDL 05:50 05:59 (+9)BWI 07:15 06:50 (−25)
10-25BDL 05:40 05:43 (+3)BWI 07:05 06:43 (−22)
10-24BDL 05:40 05:44 (+4)BWI 07:05 06:44 (−21)
10-23BDL 05:50 05:53 (+3)BWI 07:15 06:45 (−30)
10-22BDL 05:50 05:54 (+4)BWI 07:15 06:50 (−25)
10-21BDL 05:35 05:39 (+4)BWI 07:00 06:33 (−27)
10-20BDL 05:35 05:40 (+5)BWI 07:00 06:34 (−26)
10-19BDL 05:50 06:00 (+10)BWI 07:15 06:54 (−21)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8980Q, N8875B, N7868K, N257WN.

Board clocks recorded as BDL and BWI published them.

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