WN45 DallasDAL · 17:45 HoustonHOU · 19:00
WN45 by Southwest Airlines flies from Dallas (DAL) to Houston (HOU) for the Sat, Oct 17 departure.
en route from DAL to HOU
board checked 50m ago · checking again in 45s
Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 18:39 · typical taxi-out at DAL ≈ 4.6 min.
Where the minutes go
last 4 operations · gate push → arrivalThe bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at DAL and HOU 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 departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
Other Dallas to Houston flights today
same route · Southwest AirlinesIf WN45 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas to Houston on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DAL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →
How WN45 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN45 across the DAL and HOU boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~35 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 0/4 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 WN45 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.
How this operation is measured
Board log
scheduled → actual, per operationAircraft
Recent tails: N445WN, N961WN, N967WN.
Board clocks recorded as DAL and HOU published them.
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Pro Flight Search — WN45 Dallas to Houston on-time performance, measured from the DAL and HOU airport boards.
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