WN1228Southwest Airlines · CMH → DCA
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN1228 ColumbusCMH · 13:15 WashingtonDCA · 14:30

WN1228 by Southwest Airlines flies from Columbus (CMH) to Washington (DCA) for the Wed, Nov 4 departure.

Right nowEn route to Washington · off blocks 13:37 · 22 min late
En route

en route from CMH to DCA

En routeWN1228 · position estimated
CMHColumbusDCAWashington
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 13:37.

Typical gate push+22 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+2 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~20 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+35+70+105 min
11-04
+22 gate · +2 arrival
10-30
+4 gate · −19 arrival
10-29
+105 gate · +84 arrival
10-28
+22 gate · +2 arrival
10-27
+16 gate · −4 arrival
10-26
+21 gate · −3 arrival
10-23
+34 gate · +18 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 +2 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
CMHColumbusOn-time likelyCMH delay board →
DCAWashingtonOn-time likelyDCA delay board →
CMH→DCAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.5%Chance of cancellation
+7 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by CMH (Columbus), 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 Columbus

Forecast

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High17°Clikely 16°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 Washington

Forecast

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High23°Clikely 21°C to 25°C
Low19°Clikely 16°C to 20°C
  • 97% chance of rain

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 Columbus to Washington flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN8003departs 07:00
WN3483departs 12:50
WN3642departs 13:10

If WN1228 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Columbus to Washington on the same day, with scheduled departure times in CMH 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 WN1228 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN1228 across the CMH and DCA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 6/9 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN1228 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
11-04CMH 13:15 13:37 (+22)DCA 14:30 14:32 (+2)
10-30CMH 12:40 12:44 (+4)DCA 13:55 13:36 (−19)
10-29CMH 12:40 14:25 (+105)DCA 13:55 15:19 (+84)
10-28CMH 13:15 13:37 (+22)DCA 14:30 14:32 (+2)
10-27CMH 13:15 13:31 (+16)DCA 14:30 14:26 (−4)
10-26CMH 12:40 13:01 (+21)DCA 13:55 13:52 (−3)
10-23CMH 12:40 13:14 (+34)DCA 13:55 14:13 (+18)
10-22CMH 12:40DCA 13:55 14:16 (+21)
10-21CMH 13:15DCA 14:30 14:29 (−1)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8582Z, N8547V, N479WN, N912WN.

Board clocks recorded as CMH and DCA published them.

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