WN163Southwest Airlines · MCI → DEN
live · 10m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN163 Kansas CityMCI · 00:00 DenverDEN · 19:45

WN163 by Southwest Airlines flies from Kansas City (MCI) to Denver (DEN) for the Thu, Sep 10 departure.

Right nowExpected in Denver · On time
19:45

arrival expected at DEN · on schedule

Typical gate push+20 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+12 minmedian over 2 operations
Wins back in air~8 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

The route today

live boards
MCIKansas CityOn-time likelyMCI delay board →
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
MCI→DENevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
46%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.5%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MCI and DEN 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 Kansas City to Denver flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1282departs 07:25
WN999departs 08:35
WN549departs 09:50
WN2494departs 10:45
WN1446departs 10:55
WN849departs 11:10

If WN163 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Kansas City to Denver on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MCI local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN163 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN163 across the MCI and DEN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +12 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN163 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
09-07MCI 19:00 19:20 (+20)DEN 19:50 20:02 (+12)
09-04MCI 19:00 19:20 (+20)DEN 19:50 20:00 (+10)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N243WN, N242WN, N214WN.

Board clocks recorded as MCI and DEN published them.

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