WN4522Southwest Airlines · DAL → MDW
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4522 DallasDAL · 13:55 ChicagoMDW · 16:10

WN4522 by Southwest Airlines flies from Dallas (DAL) to Chicago (MDW).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
13:55

scheduled from DAL

Typical gate push+9 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−20 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~29 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
11-06
+3 gate · −28 arrival
10-30
+3 gate · −28 arrival
10-29
+12 gate · −20 arrival
10-26
+20 gate · −7 arrival
10-23
+9 gate · −13 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 −20 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DALDallasOn-time likelyDAL delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
DAL→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
45%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.4%Chance of cancellation
+13 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at DAL and MDW 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 Dallas

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High20°Clikely 17°C to 22°C
Low13°Clikely 11°C to 14°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 Chicago

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High10°Clikely 8°C to 11°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.

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Dallas to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1411departs 06:00
WN908departs 06:15
WN1432departs 06:40
WN4010departs 08:40
WN1430departs 09:40
WN8departs 09:45

If WN4522 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DAL 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 WN4522 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4522 across the DAL and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~20 min early. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 5/5 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 WN4522 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
11-06DAL 13:55 13:58 (+3)MDW 16:10 15:42 (−28)
10-30DAL 13:55 13:58 (+3)MDW 16:10 15:42 (−28)
10-29DAL 13:55 14:07 (+12)MDW 16:10 15:50 (−20)
10-26DAL 13:55 14:15 (+20)MDW 16:10 16:03 (−7)
10-23DAL 13:55 14:04 (+9)MDW 16:10 15:57 (−13)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N878Q, N8807L, N9032R, N8955Q.

Board clocks recorded as DAL and MDW published them.

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