WN1542Southwest Airlines · DEN → BHM
live · 27m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN1542 DenverDEN · 18:45 BirminghamBHM · 22:20

WN1542 by Southwest Airlines flies from Denver (DEN) to Birmingham (BHM).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
16:15

scheduled from DEN

Typical gate push+32 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+18 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~14 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
11-05
+32 gate · +18 arrival
10-30
+41 gate · +30 arrival
10-29
+32 gate · +18 arrival
10-26
+31 gate · +23 arrival
10-24
+2 gate · +13 arrival
10-23
+64 gate · +60 arrival
10-22
+31 gate · +6 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 +18 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
BHMBirminghamOn-time likelyBHM delay board →
DEN→BHMevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.9%Chance of cancellation
+12 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at DEN and BHM 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 Denver

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High14°Clikely 12°C to 16°C
Low2°Clikely 0°C to 3°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.

Tomorrow at Birmingham

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High24°Clikely 22°C to 26°C
Low11°Clikely 10°C to 13°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 Denver to Birmingham flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN954departs 10:25
WN1535departs 10:30
WN1030departs 11:05
WN4920departs 11:05
WN375departs 11:20
WN2993departs 14:05

If WN1542 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Denver to Birmingham 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 WN1542 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN1542 across the DEN and BHM boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~28 min late. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 1/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN1542 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
11-05DEN 18:45 19:17 (+32)BHM 22:20 22:38 (+18)
10-30DEN 18:45 19:26 (+41)BHM 22:20 22:50 (+30)
10-29DEN 18:45 19:17 (+32)BHM 22:20 22:38 (+18)
10-26DEN 18:45 19:16 (+31)BHM 22:20 22:43 (+23)
10-24DEN 18:00 18:02 (+2)BHM 21:35 21:48 (+13)
10-23DEN 18:45 19:49 (+64)BHM 22:20 23:20 (+60)
10-22DEN 18:45 19:16 (+31)BHM 22:20 22:26 (+6)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8823Q, N8826Q, N8926Q, N8841L.

Board clocks recorded as DEN and BHM published them.

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