WN2478Southwest Airlines · LGB → PHX
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2478 Long BeachLGB · 10:35 PhoenixPHX · 11:55

WN2478 by Southwest Airlines flies from Long Beach (LGB) to Phoenix (PHX) for the Tue, Aug 18 departure.

Right nowEn route to Phoenix · off blocks 10:45 · 10 min late
En route

en route from LGB to PHX

En routeWN2478 · position estimated
LGBLong BeachPHXPhoenix
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 10:45.

Typical gate push+19 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−2 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~21 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
08-18
+10 gate · −17 arrival
08-17
+10 gate · −17 arrival
08-14
+19 gate · −2 arrival
08-13
+16 gate · −12 arrival
08-10
+43 gate · +26 arrival
08-07
+27 gate · +7 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 −2 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LGBLong BeachOn-time likelyLGB delay board →
PHXPhoenixOn-time likelyPHX delay board →
LGB→PHXevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.6%Chance of cancellation
+6 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at LGB and PHX 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 Long Beach to Phoenix flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2440departs 06:50
WN1353departs 06:55
WN2586departs 10:10
WN2442departs 13:45
WN1362departs 15:35
WN2492departs 16:45

If WN2478 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Long Beach to Phoenix on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LGB local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN2478 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2478 across the LGB and PHX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 5/6 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN2478 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
08-18LGB 10:35 10:45 (+10)PHX 11:55 11:38 (−17)
08-17LGB 10:35 10:45 (+10)PHX 11:55 11:38 (−17)
08-14LGB 10:35 10:54 (+19)PHX 11:55 11:53 (−2)
08-13LGB 10:35 10:51 (+16)PHX 11:55 11:43 (−12)
08-10LGB 10:35 11:18 (+43)PHX 11:55 12:21 (+26)
08-07LGB 10:35 11:02 (+27)PHX 11:55 12:02 (+7)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8823Q, N8733M, N8960L, N8530W.

Board clocks recorded as LGB and PHX published them.

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