WN2278Southwest Airlines · HOU → MDW
live · 9m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2278 HoustonHOU · 20:50 ChicagoMDW · 23:15

WN2278 by Southwest Airlines flies from Houston (HOU) to Chicago (MDW).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
11:50

scheduled from HOU

Typical gate push+5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−8 minmedian over 2 operations
Wins back in air~13 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

The route today

live boards
HOUHoustonOn-time likelyHOU delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
HOU→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.6%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at HOU 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. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

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 Houston to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1444departs 05:00
WN4638departs 07:05
WN2085departs 08:55
WN2828departs 11:50
WN5148departs 11:50
WN234departs 12:55

If WN2278 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Houston to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in HOU local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN2278 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2278 across the HOU and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: left right on schedule but landed about 8 min early. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN2278 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
09-30HOU 20:50 20:52 (+2)MDW 23:15 23:07 (−8)
09-29HOU 20:50 20:55 (+5)MDW 23:15 23:06 (−9)

Board clocks recorded as HOU and MDW published them.

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