WN446Southwest Airlines · MDW → MSY
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN446 ChicagoMDW · 16:15 New OrleansMSY · 18:25

WN446 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to New Orleans (MSY) for the Fri, Oct 16 departure.

Right nowLanded in New Orleans · today
20:00

arrived at MSY · 95 min late

Typical gate push+9 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−4 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~13 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+32+65+97 min
10-16
+95 arrival
10-15
+68 gate · +97 arrival
10-14
+4 gate · −5 arrival
10-13
−1 gate · −16 arrival
10-12
+11 gate · −4 arrival
10-10
+9 gate

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 −4 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoModerate riskMDW delay board →
MSYNew OrleansOn-time likelyMSY delay board →
MDW→MSYevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.3%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by MDW (Chicago), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Chicago to New Orleans flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4445departs 07:10
WN1587departs 08:40
WN865departs 10:15
WN8103departs 12:00
WN494departs 16:25
WN2937departs 19:10

If WN446 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to New Orleans on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MDW local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN446 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN446 across the MDW and MSY boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 min late. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 3/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN446 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
10-16MDW 16:15MSY 18:25 20:00 (+95)
10-15MDW 16:15 17:23 (+68)MSY 18:25 20:02 (+97)
10-14MDW 15:35 15:39 (+4)MSY 17:50 17:45 (−5)
10-13MDW 15:35 15:34 (−1)MSY 17:50 17:34 (−16)
10-12MDW 16:15 16:26 (+11)MSY 18:25 18:21 (−4)
10-10MDW 13:55 14:04 (+9)MSY

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8734Q, N8752Q, N8861Q, N8922Q.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and MSY published them.

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