WN196Southwest Airlines · DEN → AUS
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN196 DenverDEN · 18:40 AustinAUS · 21:50

WN196 by Southwest Airlines flies from Denver (DEN) to Austin (AUS) for the Fri, Sep 11 departure.

Right nowOn time · gate C25
18:40

departs DEN · on schedule

Typical gate push+39 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+17 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~22 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-11
+17 arrival
09-10
+39 gate · +25 arrival
09-07
+40 gate · +24 arrival
09-04
+31 gate · +17 arrival
09-03
−8 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 +17 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DENDenverModerate riskDEN delay board →
AUSAustinModerate riskAUS delay board →
DEN→AUSevery 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
1.8%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

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

Other Denver to Austin flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1531departs 05:25
WN405departs 08:00
WN5006departs 08:00
WN731departs 08:00
WN1275departs 08:20
WN153departs 09:35

If WN196 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Denver to Austin on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DEN local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN196 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN196 across the DEN and AUS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~17 min late. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 1/5 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 WN196 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
09-11DEN 18:40AUS 21:50 22:07 (+17)
09-10DEN 18:40 19:19 (+39)AUS 21:50 22:15 (+25)
09-07DEN 18:40 19:20 (+40)AUS 21:50 22:14 (+24)
09-04DEN 18:40 19:11 (+31)AUS 21:50 22:07 (+17)
09-03DEN AUS 21:50 21:42 (−8)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8909L, N8522P, N8532S, N8958Q.

Board clocks recorded as DEN and AUS published them.

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