WN8602Southwest Airlines · MDW → CMH
live · 37m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN8602 ChicagoMDW · 03:50 ColumbusCMH · 05:34

WN8602 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Columbus (CMH).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
08:05

scheduled from MDW

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
CMHColumbusModerate riskCMH delay board →
MDW→CMHevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.5%Chance of cancellation
+7 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at MDW and CMH 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 Chicago

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High14°Clikely 12°C to 16°C
Low4°Clikely 2°C to 6°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 Columbus

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High12°Clikely 10°C to 14°C
Low2°Clikely 0°C to 4°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 Chicago to Columbus flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2004departs 07:40
WN2910departs 07:45
WN4500departs 07:55
WN3067departs 08:30
WN4660departs 09:35
WN176departs 12:45

If WN8602 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Columbus on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MDW 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 WN8602 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN8602 across the MDW and CMH boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: landed +6 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN8602 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
11-04MDW 03:50 03:45 (−5)CMH 05:34 05:37 (+3)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N917WN.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and CMH published them.

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