WN1401Southwest Airlines · DAL → MCI
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WN1401 DallasDAL · 16:05 Kansas CityMCI · 17:40

WN1401 by Southwest Airlines flies from Dallas (DAL) to Kansas City (MCI).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
16:05

scheduled from DAL

Typical gate push+45 minmedian posted departure
Wins back in air~50 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
+45 gate
10-30
+45 gate
10-29
+3 gate
10-26
+11 gate
10-23
+16 gate · −5 arrival
10-22
+54 gate
10-19
+65 gate

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 −5 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DALDallasModerate riskDAL delay board →
MCIKansas CityHigh riskMCI delay board →
DAL→MCIevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
53%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.4%Chance of cancellation
+14 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by MCI (Kansas City), 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 on this route

Forecast

Dallas to Kansas City with Southwest Airlines · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: elevated
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
10%1.3× usual

Forecast weather: 74% chance of rain at Kansas City

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 6 departures a day on this route with this airline. · 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 Dallas to Kansas City flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3975departs 06:05
WN1399departs 08:30
WN3330departs 08:55
WN2314departs 09:55
WN2636departs 10:05
WN1161departs 10:55

If WN1401 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas to Kansas City on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DAL 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 WN1401 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN1401 across the DAL and MCI boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~5 min early. Based on 1 confirmed landing · 1/1 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN1401 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
10-31DAL 16:05 16:50 (+45)MCI
10-30DAL 16:05 16:50 (+45)MCI
10-29DAL 16:05 16:08 (+3)MCI
10-26DAL 16:05 16:16 (+11)MCI
10-23DAL 16:05 16:21 (+16)MCI 17:40 17:35 (−5)
10-22DAL 16:05 16:59 (+54)MCI
10-19DAL 16:05 17:10 (+65)MCI

Aircraft

Recent tails: N482WN, N7828A, N967WN, N481WN.

Board clocks recorded as DAL and MCI published them.

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