WN2498 New OrleansMSY · 12:55 HoustonHOU · 14:10
WN2498 by Southwest Airlines flies from New Orleans (MSY) to Houston (HOU).
scheduled from MSY
Where the minutes go
last 4 operations · gate push → arrivalThe bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at MSY and HOU 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 New Orleans
ForecastSat 7 Nov, local date
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 Houston
ForecastSat 7 Nov, local date
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 departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
Other New Orleans to Houston flights today
same route · Southwest AirlinesIf WN2498 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from New Orleans to Houston on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MSY 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 WN2498 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2498 across the MSY and HOU boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~34 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 1/4 within 15 min of schedule.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN2498 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.
How this operation is measured
Board log
scheduled → actual, per operationAircraft
Recent tails: N7736A, N950WN.
Board clocks recorded as MSY and HOU published them.
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Pro Flight Search: WN2498 New Orleans to Houston on-time performance, measured from the MSY and HOU airport boards.
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