WN2044Southwest Airlines · ICT → MDW
live · 56m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2044 WichitaICT · 15:10 ChicagoMDW · 16:55

WN2044 by Southwest Airlines flies from Wichita (ICT) to Chicago (MDW) for the Sun, Sep 13 departure.

Right nowExpected in Chicago · today
16:55

arrival expected at MDW · on schedule

Typical gate push+3 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−6 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~9 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
+13 gate · −6 arrival
09-10
+2 gate · −24 arrival
09-09
+0 gate · +23 arrival
09-08
+3 gate · −15 arrival
09-07
+70 gate · +45 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 −6 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ICTWichitaOn-time likelyICT delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
ICT→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
46%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.7%Chance of cancellation
+13 minAvg hub delay right now

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

Other Wichita to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN973departs 05:10
WN2043departs 05:30
WN4150departs 12:30
WN516departs 15:10

If WN2044 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Wichita to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ICT local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN2044 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2044 across the ICT and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 min early. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 3/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN2044 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
09-11ICT 15:10 15:23 (+13)MDW 17:00 16:54 (−6)
09-10ICT 15:10 15:12 (+2)MDW 17:00 16:36 (−24)
09-09ICT 15:46 (+0)MDW 16:50 17:13 (+23)
09-08ICT 15:00 15:03 (+3)MDW 16:50 16:35 (−15)
09-07ICT 15:10 16:20 (+70)MDW 17:00 17:45 (+45)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8523W, N8687A, N205WN, N941WN.

Board clocks recorded as ICT and MDW published them.

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