WN4648Southwest Airlines · MDW → RDU
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4648 ChicagoMDW · 18:50 Raleigh/DurhamRDU · 21:45

WN4648 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Raleigh/Durham (RDU) for the Fri, Oct 16 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate B2
18:50

departs MDW · on schedule

Typical gate push+109 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+95 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~14 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+36+73+109 min
10-15
+109 gate · +101 arrival
10-12
+109 gate · +95 arrival
10-11
+35 gate · +11 arrival
10-09
−1 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
MDWChicagoModerate riskMDW delay board →
RDURaleigh/DurhamOn-time likelyRDU delay board →
MDW→RDUevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by MDW (Chicago), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 Chicago to Raleigh/Durham flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3487departs 07:45
WN998departs 07:55
WN1444departs 08:00
WN2970departs 08:20
WN2882departs 13:05
WN2971departs 15:40

If WN4648 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Raleigh/Durham 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 WN4648 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4648 across the MDW and RDU boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~107 min late. Based on 2 confirmed landings · 0/2 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN4648 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
10-15MDW 18:50 20:39 (+109)RDU 21:45 23:26 (+101)
10-12MDW 18:50 20:39 (+109)RDU 21:45 23:20 (+95)
10-11MDW 20:55 21:30 (+35)RDU 23:55 00:06 (+11)
10-09MDW 18:50 18:49 (−1)RDU

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8682B, N8793Q, N8679A.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and RDU published them.

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