WN1869 Fort LauderdaleFLL · 10:15 ChicagoMDW · 12:15
WN1869 by Southwest Airlines flies from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Chicago (MDW).
scheduled from FLL
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at FLL 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 departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
Other Fort Lauderdale to Chicago flights today
same route · Southwest AirlinesIf WN1869 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in FLL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →
How WN1869 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN1869 across the FLL and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: left heavily delayed (~66 min) but landed noticeably late (~37 min). Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN1869 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: N8656B.
Board clocks recorded as FLL and MDW published them.
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