WN168Southwest Airlines · DEN → OAK
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN168 DenverDEN · 10:40 OaklandOAK · 12:15

WN168 by Southwest Airlines flies from Denver (DEN) to Oakland (OAK).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
09:20

scheduled from DEN

Typical gate push+14 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+7 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~7 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
10-09
+13 gate · −5 arrival
09-30
+22 gate · +7 arrival
09-29
+14 gate · −8 arrival
09-28
+27 gate · +15 arrival
09-27
+25 gate · +18 arrival
09-26
+2 gate · +15 arrival
09-25
+13 gate · −5 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 +7 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
OAKOaklandHigh riskOAK delay board →
DEN→OAKevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
34%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.2%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DEN and OAK 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 Denver to Oakland flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN257departs 05:55
WN1186departs 08:25
WN1696departs 08:30
WN1697departs 08:50
WN4455departs 08:55
WN3337departs 09:00

If WN168 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Denver to Oakland on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DEN local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN168 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN168 across the DEN and OAK boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~11 min late. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 4/7 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN168 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
10-09DEN 10:40 10:53 (+13)OAK 12:15 12:10 (−5)
09-30DEN 20:55 21:17 (+22)OAK 22:30 22:37 (+7)
09-29DEN 20:55 21:09 (+14)OAK 22:30 22:22 (−8)
09-28DEN 10:40 11:07 (+27)OAK 12:15 12:30 (+15)
09-27DEN 20:55 21:20 (+25)OAK 22:30 22:48 (+18)
09-26DEN 19:45 19:47 (+2)OAK 21:20 21:35 (+15)
09-25DEN 10:40 10:53 (+13)OAK 12:15 12:10 (−5)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8755L, N8951S, N8740A, N8924Q.

Board clocks recorded as DEN and OAK published them.

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