WN228Southwest Airlines · MDW → CUN
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN228 ChicagoMDW · 06:25 CancúnCUN · 10:00

WN228 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Cancún (CUN) for the Mon, Aug 17 departure.

Right nowEn route to Cancún · off blocks 07:08 · 43 min late
En route

en route from MDW to CUN

En routeWN228 · position estimated
MDWChicagoCUNCancún
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 07:08.

Typical gate push+43 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+38 minmedian over 2 operations
Wins back in air~5 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
CUNCancúnHigh riskCUN delay board →
MDW→CUNevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.9%Chance of cancellation
+17 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
WN218departs 08:25

If WN228 is cancelled, this is the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flight 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 WN228 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN228 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 +38 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN228 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
08-17MDW 06:25 07:08 (+43)CUN 10:00 10:38 (+38)
08-03MDW 06:25 07:08 (+43)CUN 10:00 10:38 (+38)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N243WN.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and CUN published them.

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