WN4542Southwest Airlines · MDW → MHT
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WN4542 ChicagoMDW · 07:45 ManchesterMHT · 10:50

WN4542 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Manchester (MHT).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
07:45

scheduled from MDW

Typical gate push−7 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−17 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~10 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-27
−10 gate · −25 arrival
10-26
−10 gate · −25 arrival
10-23
+30 gate · +36 arrival
10-22
−8 gate · −16 arrival
10-19
−6 gate · −17 arrival
10-16
−7 gate · −30 arrival
10-15
+5 gate · +15 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 −17 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
MHTManchesterOn-time likelyMHT delay board →
MDW→MHTevery 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
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MDW and MHT 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Chicago to Manchester with Southwest Airlines · Wed 28 Oct, local date

Outlook: below usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.3%0.4× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
5.2%0.8× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 2 departures a day on this route with this airline. · 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 Chicago to Manchester flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2085departs 08:05
WN3287departs 08:15
WN2105departs 13:35
WN3129departs 16:10
WN4700departs 17:55

If WN4542 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Manchester 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 WN4542 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4542 across the MDW and MHT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~5 min early. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 5/7 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN4542 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
10-27MDW 07:45 07:35 (−10)MHT 10:50 10:25 (−25)
10-26MDW 07:45 07:35 (−10)MHT 10:50 10:25 (−25)
10-23MDW 07:45 08:15 (+30)MHT 10:50 11:26 (+36)
10-22MDW 07:45 07:37 (−8)MHT 10:50 10:34 (−16)
10-19MDW 07:45 07:39 (−6)MHT 10:50 10:33 (−17)
10-16MDW 07:45 07:38 (−7)MHT 10:50 10:20 (−30)
10-15MDW 07:45 07:50 (+5)MHT 10:50 11:05 (+15)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N497WN, N219WN, N440LV, N274WN.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and MHT published them.

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