WN4551Southwest Airlines · DEN → PIT
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4551 DenverDEN · 19:45 PittsburghPIT · 00:45

WN4551 by Southwest Airlines flies from Denver (DEN) to Pittsburgh (PIT) for the Sun, Oct 18 departure.

Right nowOn time · gate C65
19:45

departs DEN · on schedule

Typical gate push+61 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+35 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~26 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-18
+25 arrival
10-16
+45 gate · +26 arrival
10-15
+72 gate · +57 arrival
10-14
+61 gate · +35 arrival
10-13
+4 gate · −2 arrival
10-12
+68 gate · +41 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 +35 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
PITPittsburghOn-time likelyPIT delay board →
DEN→PITevery 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
2.1%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

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

Other Denver to Pittsburgh flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1739departs 10:35
WN1658departs 10:40
WN2974departs 11:00
WN1987departs 14:45
WN4424departs 15:20

If WN4551 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Denver to Pittsburgh on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DEN local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN4551 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4551 across the DEN and PIT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~47 min late. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 1/6 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 WN4551 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
10-18DEN 19:45PIT 00:45 01:10 (+25)
10-16DEN 18:45 19:30 (+45)PIT 23:45 00:11 (+26)
10-15DEN 18:45 19:57 (+72)PIT 23:45 00:42 (+57)
10-14DEN 17:55 18:56 (+61)PIT 22:55 23:30 (+35)
10-13DEN 17:55 17:59 (+4)PIT 22:55 22:53 (−2)
10-12DEN 18:45 19:53 (+68)PIT 23:45 00:26 (+41)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8731J, N8568Z, N221WN, N922WN.

Board clocks recorded as DEN and PIT published them.

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