WN216Southwest Airlines · MDW → CUN
live · 13m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN216 ChicagoMDW · 09:05 CancúnCUN · 12:40

WN216 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Cancún (CUN) for the Tue, Oct 27 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate A15
09:05

departs MDW · on schedule

Typical gate push+4 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−4 minmedian over 2 operations
Wins back in air~8 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoHigh riskMDW delay board →
CUNCancúnModerate riskCUN delay board →
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Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
34%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.3%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MDW and CUN 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 Chicago to Cancún flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN228departs 08:00
WN218departs 08:25

If WN216 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Cancún on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MDW local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN216 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN216 across the MDW and CUN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed -4 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN216 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-26MDW 09:05 09:09 (+4)CUN 12:40 12:26 (−14)
10-25MDW 09:25 09:15 (−10)CUN 13:05 13:01 (−4)

Board clocks recorded as MDW and CUN published them.

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