WN1725Southwest Airlines · DTW → MDW
live · 27m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN1725 DetroitDTW · 08:55 ChicagoMDW · 09:15

WN1725 by Southwest Airlines flies from Detroit (DTW) to Chicago (MDW).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
16:50

scheduled from DTW

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+8 minmedian over 4 operations

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-12
+1 arrival
09-30
+0 gate · +8 arrival
09-29
+0 gate · +26 arrival
09-28
+0 gate · +1 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
DTWDetroitOn-time likelyDTW delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
DTW→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
29%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.6%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DTW and MDW 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 Detroit to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN385departs 08:05
WN1845departs 08:10
WN3435departs 14:05
WN1848departs 14:25
WN4477departs 14:45
WN863departs 17:55

If WN1725 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Detroit to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DTW local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN1725 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN1725 across the DTW and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~8 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN1725 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-12DTW 08:55MDW 09:15 09:16 (+1)
09-30DTW 08:41 (+0)MDW 09:00 09:08 (+8)
09-29DTW 09:22 (+0)MDW 09:00 09:26 (+26)
09-28DTW 09:00 (+0)MDW 09:15 09:16 (+1)

Board clocks recorded as DTW and MDW published them.

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