WN972Southwest Airlines · BWI → STL
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN972 BaltimoreBWI · 08:15 St LouisSTL · 10:00

WN972 by Southwest Airlines flies from Baltimore (BWI) to St Louis (STL).

Same number through BWI → CHS → STL

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
08:15

scheduled from BWI

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-17
+42 gate
10-16
+42 gate
10-15
+12 gate
10-14
+35 gate
10-13
+16 gate
10-12
+20 gate
10-11
+9 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 · 13 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BWIBaltimoreModerate riskBWI delay board →
STLSt LouisOn-time likelySTL delay board →
BWI→STLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.0%Chance of cancellation
+7 minAvg hub delay right now

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

Other Baltimore to St Louis flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN973departs 11:40
WN1192departs 11:45
WN1779departs 12:20
WN974departs 16:20
WN3358departs 18:40
WN2998departs 20:40

If WN972 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Baltimore to St Louis on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BWI local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN972 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN972 across the BWI and STL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 11/13 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 WN972 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
10-17BWI 08:15 08:57 (+42)STL
10-16BWI 08:15 08:57 (+42)STL
10-15BWI 08:15 08:27 (+12)STL
10-14BWI 08:20 08:55 (+35)STL
10-13BWI 08:20 08:36 (+16)STL
10-12BWI 08:15 08:35 (+20)STL
10-11BWI 08:15 08:24 (+9)STL
10-09BWI 08:15 09:05 (+50)STL
10-08BWI 08:15 09:07 (+52)STL
10-07BWI 08:20 08:44 (+24)STL
10-06BWI 08:20 08:40 (+20)STL
10-05BWI 08:15 08:40 (+25)STL
10-04BWI 08:15 08:34 (+19)STL

Aircraft

Recent tails: N297WN, N232WN, N8814K, N8678E.

Board clocks recorded as BWI and STL published them.

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