WN1691Southwest Airlines · DEN → SNA
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN1691 DenverDEN · 12:40 Santa AnaSNA · 14:00

WN1691 by Southwest Airlines flies from Denver (DEN) to Santa Ana (SNA) for the Wed, Sep 16 departure.

Right nowEn route to Santa Ana · off blocks 12:53 · 13 min late
En route

en route from DEN to SNA

En routeWN1691 · position estimated
DENDenverSNASanta Ana
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 12:53 · typical taxi-out at DEN ≈ 7 min.

⚖ WN1691 typically leaves +13 and lands +8. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+13 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+8 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~5 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
09-16
+13 gate · +15 arrival
09-15
+5 gate · −3 arrival
09-13
+35 gate · +24 arrival
09-12
+36 gate · +26 arrival
09-09
+9 gate · −9 arrival
09-08
+3 gate · −3 arrival
09-05
+14 gate · +8 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 +8 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
SNASanta AnaOn-time likelySNA delay board →
DEN→SNAevery 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
1.1%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DEN and SNA 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 Santa Ana flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2606departs 07:15
WN4735departs 08:45
WN4771departs 09:05
WN128departs 15:00
WN132departs 15:00
WN1692departs 17:15

If WN1691 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Denver to Santa Ana 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 WN1691 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN1691 across the DEN and SNA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~10 min late. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 5/8 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN1691 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
09-16DEN 12:40 12:53 (+13)SNA 14:00 14:15 (+15)
09-15DEN 12:40 12:45 (+5)SNA 14:00 13:57 (−3)
09-13DEN 15:55 16:30 (+35)SNA 17:20 17:44 (+24)
09-12DEN 15:30 16:06 (+36)SNA 16:50 17:16 (+26)
09-09DEN 12:40 12:49 (+9)SNA 14:00 13:51 (−9)
09-08DEN 12:40 12:43 (+3)SNA 14:00 13:57 (−3)
09-05DEN 15:30 15:44 (+14)SNA 16:50 16:58 (+8)
09-04DEN 15:00 15:11 (+11)SNA 16:25 16:21 (−4)
09-03DEN 15:00 15:21 (+21)SNA

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8910Q, N8842L, N8804L, N8911Q.

Board clocks recorded as DEN and SNA published them.

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