WN8503 Kansas CityMCI · 08:10 ChicagoMDW · 09:25
WN8503 by Southwest Airlines flies from Kansas City (MCI) to Chicago (MDW).
scheduled from MCI
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at MCI 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
ForecastKansas City to Chicago with Southwest Airlines · Mon 2 Nov, local date
- Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
- 7.0%1.4× usual
Forecast weather: 95% chance of rain at Kansas City; 74% chance of rain at Chicago
No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.
Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 7 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 Kansas City to Chicago flights today
same route · Southwest AirlinesIf WN8503 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Kansas City to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MCI 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 WN8503 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN8503 across the MCI and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: landed +0 min. Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN8503 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 MCI and MDW published them.
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Pro Flight Search: WN8503 Kansas City to Chicago on-time performance, measured from the MCI and MDW airport boards.
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