WN1218Southwest Airlines · CLE → STL
live · 42m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN1218 ClevelandCLE · 07:10 St LouisSTL · 07:45

WN1218 by Southwest Airlines flies from Cleveland (CLE) to St Louis (STL).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
08:35

scheduled from CLE

⚖ WN1218 typically leaves +6 and lands −18. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+6 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−18 minmedian over 11 operations
Wins back in air~24 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 11tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-04
+6 gate · −16 arrival
10-30
+5 gate · −13 arrival
10-29
+5 gate · −21 arrival
10-28
+6 gate · −16 arrival
10-27
+7 gate · −15 arrival
10-26
+1 gate · −25 arrival
10-25
+8 gate · −15 arrival

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

median arrival −18 min · 0 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
CLEClevelandOn-time likelyCLE delay board →
STLSt LouisOn-time likelySTL delay board →
CLE→STLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.7%Chance of cancellation
+11 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by STL (St Louis), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 Cleveland

Forecast

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High17°Clikely 15°C to 18°C
Low11°Clikely 9°C to 13°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 St Louis

Forecast

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High16°Clikely 14°C to 18°C
Low9°Clikely 7°C to 10°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 Cleveland to St Louis flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN757departs 06:40
WN753departs 07:00
WN4976departs 15:40
WN4972departs 18:05

If WN1218 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Cleveland to St Louis on the same day, with scheduled departure times in CLE 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 WN1218 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN1218 across the CLE and STL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~13 min early. Based on 11 confirmed landings · 11/11 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN1218 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
11-04CLE 07:10 07:16 (+6)STL 07:45 07:29 (−16)
10-30CLE 07:05 07:10 (+5)STL 07:40 07:27 (−13)
10-29CLE 07:05 07:10 (+5)STL 07:40 07:19 (−21)
10-28CLE 07:10 07:16 (+6)STL 07:45 07:29 (−16)
10-27CLE 07:10 07:17 (+7)STL 07:45 07:30 (−15)
10-26CLE 07:05 07:06 (+1)STL 07:40 07:15 (−25)
10-25CLE 07:05 07:13 (+8)STL 07:40 07:25 (−15)
10-24CLE 07:10 07:16 (+6)STL 07:45 07:26 (−19)
10-23CLE 07:05 07:12 (+7)STL 07:40 07:19 (−21)
10-22CLE 07:05 07:09 (+4)STL 07:40 07:13 (−27)
10-21CLE 07:10 07:22 (+12)STL 07:45 07:27 (−18)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8567Z, N8543Z, N8849Q, N8927Q.

Board clocks recorded as CLE and STL published them.

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