WN4862 Kansas CityMCI · 14:10 AtlantaATL · 17:05
WN4862 by Southwest Airlines flies from Kansas City (MCI) to Atlanta (ATL).
scheduled from MCI
Where the minutes go
last 3 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 MCI and ATL 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 on this route
ForecastKansas City to Atlanta with Southwest Airlines · Sun 1 Nov, local date
- Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
- 4.7%1.7× usual
Forecast weather: 28% chance of fog and 78% chance of rain at Kansas City; 91% chance of rain at Atlanta
No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.
Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 1 departures a day on this route with this airline. · 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 Kansas City to Atlanta flights today
same route · Southwest AirlinesIf WN4862 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Kansas City to Atlanta on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MCI 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 WN4862 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4862 across the MCI and ATL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: landed -13 min. Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN4862 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: N8648A, N8875B, N8650F.
Board clocks recorded as MCI and ATL published them.
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