WN5016 HoustonHOU · 11:50 ChicagoMDW · 14:15
WN5016 by Southwest Airlines flies from Houston (HOU) to Chicago (MDW) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.
en route from HOU to MDW
board checked 10m ago · checking again in 45s
Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 12:04.
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at HOU 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 on this route
ForecastHouston to Chicago with Southwest Airlines · Fri 30 Oct, local date
- Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
- 8.8%1.2× 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) · About 5 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 Houston to Chicago flights today
same route · Southwest AirlinesIf WN5016 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Houston to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in HOU 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 WN5016 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN5016 across the HOU and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: left a little late (~14 min) but landed right on schedule. Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN5016 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.
How this operation is measured
Board log
scheduled → actual, per operationBoard clocks recorded as HOU and MDW published them.
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Pro Flight Search: WN5016 Houston to Chicago on-time performance, measured from the HOU and MDW airport boards.
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