WN5217Southwest Airlines · LAX → HOU
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN5217 Los AngelesLAX · 08:05 HoustonHOU · 13:15

WN5217 by Southwest Airlines flies from Los Angeles (LAX) to Houston (HOU).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
08:05

scheduled from LAX

Wins back in air~16 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

The route today

live boards
LAXLos AngelesOn-time likelyLAX delay board →
HOUHoustonOn-time likelyHOU delay board →
LAX→HOUevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Early read, sample still building
46%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.6%Chance of cancellation
+18 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by HOU (Houston), currently flying IFR (instrument). These figures come from both airports' records under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days. This route has few tracked flights so far, so treat this as an early read.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow at Los Angeles

Forecast

Wed 11 Nov, local date

High27°Clikely 25°C to 29°C
Low17°Clikely 16°C to 19°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Houston

Forecast

Thu 12 Nov, local date

High25°Clikely 23°C to 27°C
Low16°Clikely 14°C to 18°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

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

Other Los Angeles to Houston flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4974departs 00:50
WN4977departs 05:00
WN4125departs 08:35
WN1059departs 12:35
WN2503departs 14:25
WN2505departs 19:00

If WN5217 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Los Angeles to Houston on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LAX 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 WN5217 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN5217 across the LAX and HOU boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed -7 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN5217 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
11-10LAX 08:05 08:14 (+9)HOU 13:15 13:08 (−7)
11-09LAX 08:05 08:14 (+9)HOU 13:15 13:08 (−7)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8812Q.

Board clocks recorded as LAX and HOU published them.

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