WN1188 Kansas CityMCI · 17:30 New OrleansMSY · 19:25
WN1188 by Southwest Airlines flies from Kansas City (MCI) to New Orleans (MSY).
Same number through MCI → AUS → MSY
scheduled from MCI
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at MCI and MSY 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 departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
Other Kansas City to New Orleans flights today
same route · Southwest AirlinesIf WN1188 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Kansas City to New Orleans on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MCI local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →
How WN1188 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN1188 across the MCI and MSY boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: left heavily delayed (~149 min) but landed heavily delayed (~133 min). Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN1188 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.
How this operation is measured
Board log
scheduled → actual, per operationAircraft
Recent tails: N274WN, N269WN, N8932Q.
Board clocks recorded as MCI and MSY published them.
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Pro Flight Search — WN1188 Kansas City to New Orleans on-time performance, measured from the MCI and MSY airport boards.
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