WN1808Southwest Airlines · STL → DTW
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN1808 St LouisSTL · 18:50 DetroitDTW · 21:20

WN1808 by Southwest Airlines flies from St Louis (STL) to Detroit (DTW) for the Fri, Aug 21 departure.

Right nowDeparts today · today · as of 15:18
18:50

departs STL · on schedule

Typical gate push+89 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+60 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~29 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+35+71+106 min
08-21
+40 arrival
08-20
+89 gate · +60 arrival
08-17
+106 gate · +78 arrival
08-14
+64 gate · +40 arrival
08-13
+54 gate · +29 arrival
08-10
+78 gate · +63 arrival
08-07
+106 gate · +77 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 +60 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
STLSt LouisOn-time likelySTL delay board →
DTWDetroitOn-time likelyDTW delay board →
STL→DTWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at STL and DTW 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 St Louis to Detroit flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2537departs 10:10
WN4490departs 10:15
WN3833departs 11:10
WN1145departs 19:20

If WN1808 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from St Louis to Detroit on the same day, with scheduled departure times in STL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN1808 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN1808 across the STL and DTW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~64 min late. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 0/7 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN1808 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
08-21STL 18:50DTW 21:20 22:00 (+40)
08-20STL 18:50 20:19 (+89)DTW 21:20 22:20 (+60)
08-17STL 18:50 20:36 (+106)DTW 21:20 22:38 (+78)
08-14STL 18:50 19:54 (+64)DTW 21:20 22:00 (+40)
08-13STL 18:50 19:44 (+54)DTW 21:20 21:49 (+29)
08-10STL 18:50 20:08 (+78)DTW 21:20 22:23 (+63)
08-07STL 18:50 20:36 (+106)DTW 21:20 22:37 (+77)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N241WN, N278WN, N955WN, N468WN.

Board clocks recorded as STL and DTW published them.

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