WN178 AtlantaATL · 19:20 AustinAUS · 20:50
WN178 by Southwest Airlines flies from Atlanta (ATL) to Austin (AUS).
scheduled from ATL
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at ATL and AUS 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 departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
Other Atlanta to Austin flights today
same route · Southwest AirlinesIf WN178 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Atlanta to Austin on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ATL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →
How WN178 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN178 across the ATL and AUS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: left a little late (~16 min) but landed about 24 min early. Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN178 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.
How this operation is measured
Board log
scheduled → actual, per operationAircraft
Recent tails: N8539V.
Board clocks recorded as ATL and AUS published them.
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Pro Flight Search — WN178 Atlanta to Austin on-time performance, measured from the ATL and AUS airport boards.
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