WN4470Southwest Airlines · MDW → BHM
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4470 ChicagoMDW · 22:15 BirminghamBHM · 23:55

WN4470 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Birmingham (BHM) for the Fri, Nov 6 departure.

Right nowEn route to Birmingham · off blocks 22:03 · 12 min early
En route

en route from MDW to BHM

In flightWN4470 · position estimated
MDWChicagoBHMBirmingham
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · the aircraft flying this number is still on an earlier leg of today’s trip.

Typical gate push−5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−14 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~9 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
11-06
−12 gate · −19 arrival
10-30
−12 gate · −19 arrival
10-29
+2 gate · −10 arrival
10-26
+12 gate · +0 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 →
BHMBirminghamOn-time likelyBHM delay board →
MDW→BHMevery 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
1.2%Chance of cancellation
+11 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at MDW and BHM 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

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High9°Clikely 8°C to 10°C
Low1°Clikely 0°C to 3°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 Birmingham

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High17°Clikely 15°C to 18°C
Low8°Clikely 7°C to 9°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.

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 Birmingham flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN455departs 09:55
WN400departs 10:15
WN1105departs 11:30
WN1896departs 13:30
WN463departs 16:50
WN1870departs 18:10

If WN4470 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Birmingham 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 WN4470 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4470 across the MDW and BHM 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 WN4470 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
11-06MDW 22:15 22:03 (−12)BHM 23:55 23:36 (−19)
10-30MDW 22:15 22:03 (−12)BHM 23:55 23:36 (−19)
10-29MDW 22:15 22:17 (+2)BHM 23:55 23:45 (−10)
10-26MDW 22:15 22:27 (+12)BHM 23:55 (+0)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N445WN, N7731A, N254WN.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and BHM published them.

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