WN1538Southwest Airlines · DEN → AUS
live · 29m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN1538 DenverDEN · 11:50 AustinAUS · 14:55

WN1538 by Southwest Airlines flies from Denver (DEN) to Austin (AUS) for the Fri, Oct 30 departure.

Right nowOn time · gate C50 · as of 05:39
11:50

departs DEN · on schedule

Typical gate push+13 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+21 minmedian over 3 operations

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-29
+13 gate · +13 arrival
10-26
+25 gate · +21 arrival
10-25
+10 gate · +23 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
DENDenverHigh riskDEN delay board →
AUSAustinHigh riskAUS delay board →
DEN→AUSevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.2%Chance of cancellation
+13 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by DEN (Denver), currently flying LIFR (low instrument). 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

Denver to Austin with Southwest Airlines · Sat 31 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
14%1.2× usual

Forecast weather: 45% chance of fog at Denver

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 7 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 Denver to Austin flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4833departs 05:05
WN1536departs 07:55
WN731departs 08:00
WN3850departs 09:50
WN1489departs 10:25
WN970departs 10:35

If WN1538 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Denver to Austin on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DEN 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 WN1538 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN1538 across the DEN and AUS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: landed +21 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN1538 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
10-29DEN 11:50 12:03 (+13)AUS 14:55 15:08 (+13)
10-26DEN 11:50 12:15 (+25)AUS 14:55 15:16 (+21)
10-25DEN 11:55 12:05 (+10)AUS 15:00 15:23 (+23)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8929S, N8739L, N216WR, N8670A.

Board clocks recorded as DEN and AUS published them.

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