WN2438Southwest Airlines · SNA → OMA
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WN2438 Santa AnaSNA · 07:45 OmahaOMA · 11:00

WN2438 by Southwest Airlines flies from Santa Ana (SNA) to Omaha (OMA).

Same number through SNA → DEN → OMA

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
12:10

scheduled from SNA

Typical gate push+9 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-06
+9 gate
10-30
+9 gate
10-29
+11 gate
10-26
+7 gate
10-23
+35 gate

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

0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SNASanta AnaOn-time likelySNA delay board →
OMAOmahaOn-time likelyOMA delay board →
SNA→OMAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SNA and OMA are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow at Santa Ana

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High29°Clikely 27°C to 31°C
Low17°Clikely 16°C to 19°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Denver

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High17°Clikely 15°C to 19°C
Low1°Clikely 0°C to 3°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
W
T
F
S
S

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

Other Santa Ana to Omaha flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2952departs 06:45
WN4361departs 06:45
WN1553departs 07:00
WN4682departs 07:45
WN2346departs 08:20
WN4508departs 08:20

If WN2438 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Santa Ana to Omaha on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SNA local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How WN2438 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2438 across the SNA and OMA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 4/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN2438 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
11-06SNA 07:45 07:54 (+9)OMA
10-30SNA 07:45 07:54 (+9)OMA
10-29SNA 07:45 07:56 (+11)OMA
10-26SNA 07:45 07:52 (+7)OMA
10-23SNA 07:45 08:20 (+35)OMA

Aircraft

Recent tails: N234WN, N204WN, N253WN, N7828A.

Board clocks recorded as SNA and OMA published them.

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