WN4970Southwest Airlines · BWI → BOS
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4970 BaltimoreBWI · 06:35 BostonBOS · 08:10

WN4970 by Southwest Airlines flies from Baltimore (BWI) to Boston (BOS).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
06:35

scheduled from BWI

Typical gate push+12 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−10 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~22 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
10-31
+15 gate · −10 arrival
10-30
+15 gate · −10 arrival
10-29
+10 gate · −17 arrival
10-28
+7 gate · −21 arrival
10-27
+10 gate · −28 arrival
10-26
+14 gate · −7 arrival
10-25
+12 gate · −7 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 −10 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BWIBaltimoreOn-time likelyBWI delay board →
BOSBostonOn-time likelyBOS delay board →
BWI→BOSevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.6%Chance of cancellation
+6 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at BWI and BOS 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

Forecast

Baltimore to Boston with Southwest Airlines · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
10%0.7× usual

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 8 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 departures
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Baltimore to Boston flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN571departs 07:00
WN4382departs 08:20
WN892departs 08:25
WN4493departs 08:30
WN490departs 09:35
WN2731departs 10:25

If WN4970 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Baltimore to Boston on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BWI 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 WN4970 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4970 across the BWI and BOS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~10 min early. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 6/6 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 WN4970 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
10-31BWI 06:35 06:50 (+15)BOS 08:10 08:00 (−10)
10-30BWI 06:35 06:50 (+15)BOS 08:10 08:00 (−10)
10-29BWI 06:35 06:45 (+10)BOS 08:10 07:53 (−17)
10-28BWI 07:10 07:17 (+7)BOS 08:50 08:29 (−21)
10-27BWI 07:10 07:20 (+10)BOS 08:50 08:22 (−28)
10-26BWI 06:35 06:49 (+14)BOS 08:10 08:03 (−7)
10-25BWI 06:30 06:42 (+12)BOS 08:05 07:58 (−7)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8722L, N8966S, N8858K, N892Q.

Board clocks recorded as BWI and BOS published them.

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Canonical URL
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