WN236Southwest Airlines · ATL → MDW
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN236 AtlantaATL · 18:30 ChicagoMDW · 19:25

WN236 by Southwest Airlines flies from Atlanta (ATL) to Chicago (MDW) for the Wed, Sep 16 departure.

Right nowExpected in Chicago · today
19:25

arrival expected at MDW · on schedule

Typical gate push+11 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+10 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~1 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
09-16
+7 gate
09-15
+11 gate · −17 arrival
09-13
+57 gate · +35 arrival
09-09
+7 gate · −18 arrival
09-08
+27 gate · +10 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 +10 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ATLAtlantaModerate riskATL delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
ATL→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.0%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

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

Other Atlanta to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN232departs 07:55
WN298departs 08:00
WN1325departs 10:10
WN1332departs 11:10
WN1893departs 14:35
WN2566departs 14:40

If WN236 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Atlanta to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ATL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN236 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN236 across the ATL and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~10 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN236 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
09-16ATL 18:30 18:37 (+7)MDW 19:25
09-15ATL 18:30 18:41 (+11)MDW 19:25 19:08 (−17)
09-13ATL 18:40 19:37 (+57)MDW 19:30 20:05 (+35)
09-09ATL 18:30 18:37 (+7)MDW 19:25 19:07 (−18)
09-08ATL 18:30 18:57 (+27)MDW 19:25 19:35 (+10)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8648A, N8559Q, N8629A, N8514F.

Board clocks recorded as ATL and MDW published them.

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