WN2501Southwest Airlines · MCI → DEN
live · 16m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2501 Kansas CityMCI · 19:05 DenverDEN · 19:55

WN2501 by Southwest Airlines flies from Kansas City (MCI) to Denver (DEN) for the Wed, Sep 16 departure.

Right nowExpected in Denver · On time
19:55

arrival expected at DEN · on schedule

Typical gate push+14 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+19 minmedian over 3 operations

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-16
+3 gate
09-15
+3 gate · −5 arrival
09-14
+14 gate · +45 arrival
09-13
+23 gate · +19 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
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Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MCI and DEN 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.

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When it flies

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

Other Kansas City to Denver flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1282departs 07:25
WN999departs 08:35
WN2717departs 08:46
WN8504departs 09:05
WN549departs 09:50
WN2494departs 10:45

If WN2501 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Kansas City to Denver on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MCI local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN2501 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2501 across the MCI and DEN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~19 min late. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 1/3 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN2501 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
09-16MCI 19:05 19:08 (+3)DEN 19:55
09-15MCI 19:05 19:08 (+3)DEN 19:55 19:50 (−5)
09-14MCI 16:55 17:09 (+14)DEN 17:45 18:30 (+45)
09-13MCI 17:30 17:53 (+23)DEN 18:20 18:39 (+19)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8951S, N8557Q, N8827Q.

Board clocks recorded as MCI and DEN published them.

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