WN4653Southwest Airlines · MSY → SAN
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4653 New OrleansMSY · 17:55 San DiegoSAN · 20:00

WN4653 by Southwest Airlines flies from New Orleans (MSY) to San Diego (SAN) for the Fri, Nov 6 departure.

Right nowAwaiting arrival in San Diego · off blocks 19:13 · 78 min late
20:40

estimated arrival at SAN · local time · past this estimate · waiting on the board

En routeWN4653 · position estimated
MSYNew OrleansSANSan Diego
Estimated from the boardsarr 20:40

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 19:13. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+35 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+22 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~13 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
11-07
+78 gate · +40 arrival
11-06
+78 gate · +40 arrival
11-05
+29 gate · +21 arrival
11-04
+30 gate · +4 arrival
11-03
+23 gate · +1 arrival
11-02
+40 gate · +23 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 +22 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MSYNew OrleansOn-time likelyMSY delay board →
SANSan DiegoOn-time likelySAN delay board →
MSY→SANevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
52%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+17 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at MSY and SAN 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 New Orleans

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High19°Clikely 17°C to 21°C
Low12°Clikely 10°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 San Diego

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High28°Clikely 26°C to 30°C
Low17°Clikely 15°C to 18°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 New Orleans to San Diego flights

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3279departs 09:00 · Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
WN4855departs 16:55 · Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri

If WN4653 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from New Orleans to San Diego, with scheduled departure times in MSY 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 WN4653 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4653 across the MSY and SAN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~32 min late. Based on 6 confirmed departures · 0/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN4653 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
11-07MSY 17:55 19:13 (+78)SAN 20:00 20:40 (+40)
11-06MSY 17:55 19:13 (+78)SAN 20:00 20:40 (+40)
11-05MSY 17:55 18:24 (+29)SAN 20:00 20:21 (+21)
11-04MSY 16:50 17:20 (+30)SAN 18:55 18:59 (+4)
11-03MSY 16:50 17:13 (+23)SAN 18:55 18:56 (+1)
11-02MSY 17:55 18:35 (+40)SAN 20:00 20:23 (+23)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8879Q, N8737L, N8687A, N8991S.

Board clocks recorded as MSY and SAN published them.

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