WN4440Southwest Airlines · PHL → MDW
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4440 PhiladelphiaPHL · 17:55 ChicagoMDW · 15:00

WN4440 by Southwest Airlines flies from Philadelphia (PHL) to Chicago (MDW).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
17:55

scheduled from PHL

Typical gate push+39 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+3 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~36 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-27
+39 gate
10-26
+39 gate · +25 arrival
10-23
+40 gate
10-22
−2 gate · −16 arrival
10-19
+15 gate · +3 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 +3 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PHLPhiladelphiaOn-time likelyPHL delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
PHL→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.7%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at PHL and MDW 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 Philadelphia to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1426departs 10:45
WN1587departs 10:55
WN4580departs 11:45
WN2414departs 14:15
WN2177departs 15:25
WN3003departs 15:30

If WN4440 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Philadelphia to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in PHL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN4440 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4440 across the PHL and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 2/3 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 WN4440 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
10-27PHL 17:55 18:34 (+39)MDW
10-26PHL 17:55 18:34 (+39)MDW 15:00 15:25 (+25)
10-23PHL 17:55 18:35 (+40)MDW
10-22PHL 17:55 17:53 (−2)MDW 15:00 14:44 (−16)
10-19PHL 17:55 18:10 (+15)MDW 15:00 15:03 (+3)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8514F, N8623F, N8545V, N8981Q.

Board clocks recorded as PHL and MDW published them.

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