WN1490Southwest Airlines · MDW → CLT
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN1490 ChicagoMDW · 08:00 CharlotteCLT · 11:10

WN1490 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Charlotte (CLT) for the Mon, Sep 14 departure.

Right nowLanded in Charlotte · today
10:48

arrived at CLT · 22 min early

Typical gate push+8 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−3 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~11 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
09-14
−4 gate · −22 arrival
09-13
+42 gate · +23 arrival
09-12
+15 gate · +1 arrival
09-11
+8 gate · −18 arrival
09-10
−3 gate · −4 arrival
09-07
+11 gate · −3 arrival
09-05
+8 gate · −2 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 −3 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
CLTCharlotteOn-time likelyCLT delay board →
MDW→CLTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.2%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MDW and CLT 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 Chicago to Charlotte flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN349departs 08:35
WN4932departs 08:45
WN5098departs 16:45
WN4247departs 18:10
WN4378departs 18:55

If WN1490 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Charlotte on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MDW local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN1490 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN1490 across the MDW and CLT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 7/8 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 WN1490 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
09-14MDW 08:00 07:56 (−4)CLT 11:10 10:48 (−22)
09-13MDW 18:10 18:52 (+42)CLT 21:15 21:38 (+23)
09-12MDW 15:15 15:30 (+15)CLT 18:15 18:16 (+1)
09-11MDW 08:00 08:08 (+8)CLT 11:10 10:52 (−18)
09-10MDW 08:00 07:57 (−3)CLT 11:10 11:06 (−4)
09-07MDW 08:00 08:11 (+11)CLT 11:10 11:07 (−3)
09-05MDW 15:15 15:23 (+8)CLT 18:15 18:13 (−2)
09-04MDW 08:00CLT 11:10 10:41 (−29)

Board clocks recorded as MDW and CLT published them.

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