WN1949Southwest Airlines · GRR → MDW
live · 43m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN1949 Grand RapidsGRR · 17:35 ChicagoMDW · 17:40

WN1949 by Southwest Airlines flies from Grand Rapids (GRR) to Chicago (MDW).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
14:10

scheduled from GRR

Typical gate push+14 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−8 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~22 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
11-02
+18 gate · −4 arrival
10-30
+11 gate · −12 arrival
10-29
+14 gate · −4 arrival
10-26
+18 gate · −4 arrival
10-25
+0 gate · −24 arrival
10-23
+0 gate · −24 arrival
10-22
+60 gate

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 · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
GRRGrand RapidsOn-time likelyGRR delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
GRR→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.2%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at GRR and MDW are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Grand Rapids to Chicago with Southwest Airlines · Tue 3 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
5.2%1.2× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 3 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Grand Rapids to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN489departs 17:20

If WN1949 is cancelled, this is the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flight from Grand Rapids to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in GRR local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How WN1949 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN1949 across the GRR and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~8 min early. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 6/6 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 WN1949 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
11-02GRR 17:35 17:53 (+18)MDW 17:40 17:36 (−4)
10-30GRR 17:35 17:46 (+11)MDW 17:40 17:28 (−12)
10-29GRR 17:35 17:49 (+14)MDW 17:40 17:36 (−4)
10-26GRR 17:35 17:53 (+18)MDW 17:40 17:36 (−4)
10-25GRR 18:35 (+0)MDW 18:40 18:16 (−24)
10-23GRR 17:35 (+0)MDW 17:40 17:16 (−24)
10-22GRR 17:35 18:35 (+60)MDW

Aircraft

Recent tails: N9006L, N8544Z, N8579Z, N959WN.

Board clocks recorded as GRR and MDW published them.

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Pro Flight Search: WN1949 Grand Rapids to Chicago on-time performance, measured from the GRR and MDW airport boards.

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