WN4602Southwest Airlines · HOU → RDU
updated 1h ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4602 HoustonHOU · 15:05 Raleigh/DurhamRDU · 18:40

WN4602 by Southwest Airlines flies from Houston (HOU) to Raleigh/Durham (RDU).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
17:55

scheduled from HOU

Typical gate push+35 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-30
+35 gate · +81 arrival
10-29
+20 gate · +25 arrival
10-26
+36 gate

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
HOUHoustonOn-time likelyHOU delay board →
RDURaleigh/DurhamModerate riskRDU delay board →
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Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.7%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at HOU and RDU 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 Houston

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High20°Clikely 17°C to 22°C
Low16°Clikely 13°C to 18°C
  • 85% chance of rain

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 Raleigh/Durham

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High18°Clikely 16°C to 20°C
Low5°Clikely 3°C to 7°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 Houston to Raleigh/Durham flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1930departs 11:00
WN3685departs 13:40
WN3252departs 13:50
WN2673departs 15:05

If WN4602 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Houston to Raleigh/Durham on the same day, with scheduled departure times in HOU 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 WN4602 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4602 across the HOU and RDU boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +62 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN4602 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
10-30HOU 15:05 15:40 (+35)RDU 18:40 20:01 (+81)
10-29HOU 15:05 15:25 (+20)RDU 18:40 19:05 (+25)
10-26HOU 15:05 15:41 (+36)RDU

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8517F, N8631A.

Board clocks recorded as HOU and RDU published them.

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