WN1278Southwest Airlines · CMH → TPA
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WN1278 ColumbusCMH · 22:00 TampaTPA · 00:20

WN1278 by Southwest Airlines flies from Columbus (CMH) to Tampa (TPA).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
13:05

scheduled from CMH

The route today

live boards
CMHColumbusHigh riskCMH delay board →
TPATampaOn-time likelyTPA delay board →
CMH→TPAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at CMH and TPA are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. 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 12 Nov, local date

High11°Clikely 9°C to 13°C
Low6°Clikely 3°C to 8°C
  • 85% 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.

Tomorrow at TPA

Forecast

Thu 12 Nov, local date

High26°Clikely 25°C to 28°C
Low20°Clikely 18°C to 22°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 Columbus to Tampa flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN654departs 05:10
WN3783departs 06:35
WN956departs 10:45
WN2933departs 13:25
WN1285departs 15:00
WN4803departs 18:50

If WN1278 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Columbus to Tampa 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 WN1278 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN1278 across the CMH and TPA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: landed +59 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN1278 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
10-30CMH 22:00 21:55 (−5)TPA
10-29CMH 22:00 23:28 (+88)TPA 00:20 01:15 (+55)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N9013M, N8825Q.

Board clocks recorded as CMH and TPA published them.

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