WN1253Southwest Airlines · DAL → BOS
live · 52m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN1253 DallasDAL · 08:05 BostonBOS · 13:15

WN1253 by Southwest Airlines flies from Dallas (DAL) to Boston (BOS) for the Sun, Sep 13 departure.

Right nowExpected in Boston · On Time
13:15

arrival expected at BOS · on schedule

Typical gate push+23 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~23 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+32+64+96 min
09-12
+96 gate · +81 arrival
09-11
+27 gate · +0 arrival
09-10
+23 gate · −2 arrival
09-07
+11 gate · −15 arrival
09-05
+14 gate · −16 arrival
09-04
+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 +0 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DALDallasOn-time likelyDAL delay board →
BOSBostonHigh riskBOS delay board →
DAL→BOSevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.8%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

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

Other Dallas to Boston flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4890departs 09:00
WN858departs 09:00

If WN1253 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas to Boston on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DAL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN1253 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN1253 across the DAL and BOS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min late. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 2/3 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN1253 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
09-12DAL 08:05 09:41 (+96)BOS 12:45 14:06 (+81)
09-11DAL 08:05 08:32 (+27)BOS 12:45 (+0)
09-10DAL 08:05 08:28 (+23)BOS 12:45 12:43 (−2)
09-07DAL 08:05 08:16 (+11)BOS 12:45 12:30 (−15)
09-05DAL 08:05 08:19 (+14)BOS 12:45 12:29 (−16)
09-04DAL BOS 12:45 13:00 (+15)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N925WN, N9001F, N8873S, N8855Q.

Board clocks recorded as DAL and BOS published them.

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