WN597Southwest Airlines · BOS → DAL
live · 25m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN597 BostonBOS · 17:35 DallasDAL · 20:40

WN597 by Southwest Airlines flies from Boston (BOS) to Dallas (DAL) for the Mon, Nov 2 departure.

Right nowEn route to Dallas · off blocks 17:50 · 15 min late
En route

en route from BOS to DAL

En routeWN597 · position estimated
BOSBostonDALDallas
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 17:50 · typical taxi-out at BOS ≈ 9.1 min.

Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+25 minmedian over 5 operations

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-02
+15 gate · +49 arrival
10-30
+1 gate · −2 arrival
10-29
+29 gate · +25 arrival
10-26
+15 gate · +49 arrival
10-25
+32 gate · +5 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 +25 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BOSBostonOn-time likelyBOS delay board →
DALDallasModerate riskDAL delay board →
BOS→DALevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
46%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.3%Chance of cancellation
+13 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at BOS and DAL 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 at Boston

Forecast

Tue 3 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 19°C to 22°C
Low11°Clikely 9°C to 13°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 Dallas

Forecast

Tue 3 Nov, local date

High24°Clikely 22°C to 25°C
Low16°Clikely 14°C to 18°C
  • 42% chance of thunder
  • 86% chance of rain

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 Boston to Dallas flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN490departs 11:50
WN1896departs 17:30
WN1542departs 17:55

If WN597 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Boston to Dallas on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BOS 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 WN597 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN597 across the BOS and DAL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~62 min late. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 1/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN597 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
11-02BOS 17:35 17:50 (+15)DAL 20:40 21:29 (+49)
10-30BOS 17:35 17:36 (+1)DAL 20:40 20:38 (−2)
10-29BOS 17:35 18:04 (+29)DAL 20:40 21:05 (+25)
10-26BOS 17:35 17:50 (+15)DAL 20:40 21:29 (+49)
10-25BOS 18:20 18:52 (+32)DAL 21:25 21:30 (+5)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8883Q, N8676A, N8309C, N8663A.

Board clocks recorded as BOS and DAL published them.

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Pro Flight Search: WN597 Boston to Dallas on-time performance, measured from the BOS and DAL airport boards.

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