WN4705Southwest Airlines · MKE → MDW
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4705 MilwaukeeMKE · 14:05 ChicagoMDW · 14:55

WN4705 by Southwest Airlines flies from Milwaukee (MKE) to Chicago (MDW) for the Sat, Oct 17 departure.

Right nowLanded in Chicago · today
15:37

arrived at MDW · 42 min late

Typical gate push+41 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+20 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~21 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-17
+63 gate · +42 arrival
10-16
+67 gate · +50 arrival
10-15
+41 gate · +20 arrival
10-14
+3 gate · −15 arrival
10-13
+31 gate · +12 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 +20 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MKEMilwaukeeOn-time likelyMKE delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
MKE→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MKE and MDW 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 Milwaukee to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2910departs 05:55
WN3869departs 06:00
WN2508departs 06:10
WN220departs 15:10
WN766departs 17:10
WN8635departs 21:00

If WN4705 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Milwaukee to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MKE local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN4705 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4705 across the MKE and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~20 min late. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 2/5 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 WN4705 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
10-17MKE 14:05 15:08 (+63)MDW 14:55 15:37 (+42)
10-16MKE 17:00 18:07 (+67)MDW 17:50 18:40 (+50)
10-15MKE 17:00 17:41 (+41)MDW 17:50 18:10 (+20)
10-14MKE 16:00 16:03 (+3)MDW 16:50 16:35 (−15)
10-13MKE 16:00 16:31 (+31)MDW 16:50 17:02 (+12)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8569Z, N8572X, N966WN, N243WN.

Board clocks recorded as MKE and MDW published them.

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