WN4798Southwest Airlines · MCI → HOU
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4798 Kansas CityMCI · 08:10 HoustonHOU · 10:10

WN4798 by Southwest Airlines flies from Kansas City (MCI) to Houston (HOU) for the Wed, Oct 21 departure.

Right nowExpected in Houston · today
10:10

arrival expected at HOU · on schedule

Typical gate push−6 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−9 minmedian over 1 operations
Wins back in air~3 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

The route today

live boards
MCIKansas CityOn-time likelyMCI delay board →
HOUHoustonOn-time likelyHOU delay board →
MCI→HOUevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.5%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MCI and HOU 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 Kansas City to Houston flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4534departs 11:45
WN1661departs 11:50
WN2913departs 11:55
WN414departs 13:40
WN4645departs 18:00
WN371departs 19:45

If WN4798 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Kansas City to Houston on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MCI local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN4798 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4798 across the MCI and HOU boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: landed -9 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN4798 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-21MCI 08:10 08:04 (−6)HOU 10:10
10-20MCI 08:10 08:04 (−6)HOU 10:10 10:01 (−9)

Board clocks recorded as MCI and HOU published them.

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