WN489Southwest Airlines · STL → MSP
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN489 St LouisSTL · 21:50 MinneapolisMSP · 23:25

WN489 by Southwest Airlines flies from St Louis (STL) to Minneapolis (MSP).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
22:00

scheduled from STL

Typical gate push+34 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-24
+34 gate
10-23
+34 gate
10-22
+78 gate
10-16
+4 gate

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
STLSt LouisOn-time likelySTL delay board →
MSPMinneapolisModerate riskMSP delay board →
STL→MSPevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.0%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at STL and MSP 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
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other St Louis to Minneapolis flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN194departs 08:25
WN286departs 08:30
WN559departs 08:30
WN2577departs 08:35
WN4368departs 13:45
WN562departs 20:50

If WN489 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from St Louis to Minneapolis on the same day, with scheduled departure times in STL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN489 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN489 across the STL and MSP boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: departed +29 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN489 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
10-24STL 21:50 22:24 (+34)MSP 23:25
10-23STL 21:50 22:24 (+34)MSP 23:25
10-22STL 21:50 23:08 (+78)MSP 23:25
10-16STL 21:50 21:54 (+4)MSP 23:25

Aircraft

Recent tails: N462WN, N243WN, N924WN.

Board clocks recorded as STL and MSP published them.

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