WN840Southwest Airlines · BUF → MSP
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN840 BuffaloBUF · 15:25 MinneapolisMSP · 16:05

WN840 by Southwest Airlines flies from Buffalo (BUF) to Minneapolis (MSP) for the Sun, Oct 25 departure.

Same number through BUF → MDW → MSP

Right nowExpected in Minneapolis · today
16:05

arrival expected at MSP · on schedule

Typical gate push+26 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-25
+26 gate
10-23
+12 gate
10-22
+52 gate
10-19
+35 gate
10-18
+26 gate
10-16
+24 gate

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

0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BUFBuffaloOn-time likelyBUF delay board →
MSPMinneapolisOn-time likelyMSP delay board →
BUF→MSPevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at BUF and MSP 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Buffalo to Minneapolis flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4547departs 07:30
WN3607departs 08:25
WN3867departs 14:00
WN408departs 14:20
WN3086departs 16:55
WN1070departs 19:55

If WN840 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Buffalo to Minneapolis on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BUF local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN840 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN840 across the BUF and MSP boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~10 min late. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 4/5 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 WN840 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
10-25BUF 15:25 15:51 (+26)MSP
10-23BUF 19:35 19:47 (+12)MSP
10-22BUF 19:35 20:27 (+52)MSP
10-19BUF 19:35 20:10 (+35)MSP
10-18BUF 15:25 15:51 (+26)MSP
10-16BUF 19:35 19:59 (+24)MSP

Aircraft

Recent tails: N962WN, N429WN, N215WN, N8869L.

Board clocks recorded as BUF and MSP published them.

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