WN536Southwest Airlines · BNA → DCA
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN536 NashvilleBNA · 05:35 WashingtonDCA · 08:20

WN536 by Southwest Airlines flies from Nashville (BNA) to Washington (DCA) for the Mon, Oct 19 departure.

Right nowLanded in Washington · today
08:04

arrived at DCA · 16 min early

⚖ WN536 typically leaves +13 and lands −17. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-19
+12 gate · −16 arrival
10-17
+19 gate · +0 arrival
10-16
+9 gate · −21 arrival
10-15
+13 gate · −17 arrival
10-14
+9 gate · −21 arrival
10-13
+17 gate · −6 arrival
10-12
+19 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 −17 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BNANashvilleOn-time likelyBNA delay board →
DCAWashingtonOn-time likelyDCA delay board →
BNA→DCAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.7%Chance of cancellation
+7 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at BNA and DCA 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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T
W
T
F
S
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Nashville to Washington flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3866departs 06:10
WN778departs 09:55
WN2011departs 10:10
WN322departs 11:30
WN2439departs 12:35
WN4747departs 12:35

If WN536 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Nashville to Washington on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BNA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN536 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN536 across the BNA and DCA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~12 min early. Based on 12 confirmed landings · 12/12 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 WN536 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
10-19BNA 05:35 05:47 (+12)DCA 08:20 08:04 (−16)
10-17BNA 06:45 07:04 (+19)DCA 09:30 (+0)
10-16BNA 05:35 05:44 (+9)DCA 08:20 07:59 (−21)
10-15BNA 05:35 05:48 (+13)DCA 08:20 08:03 (−17)
10-14BNA 05:45 05:54 (+9)DCA 08:30 08:09 (−21)
10-13BNA 05:45 06:02 (+17)DCA 08:30 08:24 (−6)
10-12BNA 05:35 05:54 (+19)DCA 08:20 08:13 (−7)
10-10BNA 06:45 07:08 (+23)DCA 09:30 09:26 (−4)
10-09BNA 05:35 05:47 (+12)DCA 08:20 07:54 (−26)
10-08BNA 05:35 05:49 (+14)DCA 08:20 08:03 (−17)
10-07BNA 05:45 05:44 (−1)DCA 08:30 07:56 (−34)
10-06BNA 05:45 05:53 (+8)DCA 08:30 08:08 (−22)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N292WN, N8924Q, N8876Q, N8520Q.

Board clocks recorded as BNA and DCA published them.

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