WN4855 New OrleansMSY · 16:55 San DiegoSAN · 18:50
WN4855 by Southwest Airlines flies from New Orleans (MSY) to San Diego (SAN) for the Wed, Oct 28 departure.
estimated arrival at SAN · local time · ~37 min from now
position updated 3m ago · checking again in 90s
Live position · flown path, last 3h 14m
Where the minutes go
last 4 operations · gate push → arrivalThe bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions 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. 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 →
Tomorrow on this route
ForecastNew Orleans to San Diego with Southwest Airlines · Thu 29 Oct, local date
- Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
- 23%0.9× usual
No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.
Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Fewer than one departure a day on this route with this airline, so read it as a rough guide. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.
When it flies
scheduled departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
Other New Orleans to San Diego flights today
same route · Southwest AirlinesIf WN4855 is cancelled, this is the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flight from New Orleans to San Diego on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MSY local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →
How WN4855 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4855 across the MSY and SAN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~9 min early. Based on 1 confirmed landing · 1/1 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 WN4855 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.
How this operation is measured
Board log
scheduled → actual, per operationAircraft
Recent tails: N8960L, N8815L, N8972S, N8761L.
Board clocks recorded as MSY and SAN published them.
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