WN4839Southwest Airlines · IND → MDW
live · 24m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4839 IndianapolisIND · 07:15 ChicagoMDW · 07:06

WN4839 by Southwest Airlines flies from Indianapolis (IND) to Chicago (MDW).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
06:45

scheduled from IND

⚖ WN4839 typically leaves +0 and lands −6. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−6 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~6 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-07
+0 gate · +0 arrival
10-30
+0 gate · −15 arrival
10-29
+0 gate · −16 arrival
10-28
+0 gate · −1 arrival
10-27
+0 gate · −11 arrival
10-26
+0 gate · +1 arrival
10-25
+0 gate · −4 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 −6 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
INDIndianapolisOn-time likelyIND delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
IND→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.4%Chance of cancellation
+7 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at IND and MDW 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 Indianapolis

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High13°Clikely 11°C to 15°C
Low1°Clikely −1°C to 3°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 Chicago

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High14°Clikely 12°C to 16°C
Low4°Clikely 2°C to 6°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
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Indianapolis to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN368departs 06:45
WN2223departs 06:50
WN1408departs 07:30
WN346departs 16:50
WN1694departs 16:55
WN2224departs 17:30

If WN4839 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Indianapolis to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in IND 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 WN4839 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4839 across the IND and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 min early. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 8/8 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN4839 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
11-07IND 07:15 (+0)MDW 07:06 (+0)
10-30IND 06:45 (+0)MDW 06:45 06:30 (−15)
10-29IND 06:45 (+0)MDW 06:45 06:29 (−16)
10-28IND 06:50 (+0)MDW 06:50 06:49 (−1)
10-27IND 06:50 (+0)MDW 06:50 06:39 (−11)
10-26IND 06:45 (+0)MDW 06:45 06:46 (+1)
10-25IND 06:45 (+0)MDW 06:45 06:41 (−4)
10-24IND 07:15 (+0)MDW 07:15 07:06 (−9)

Board clocks recorded as IND and MDW published them.

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