WN2501Southwest Airlines · DAL → LAX
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2501 DallasDAL · 19:25 Los AngelesLAX · 20:40

WN2501 by Southwest Airlines flies from Dallas (DAL) to Los Angeles (LAX) for the Thu, Nov 5 departure.

Right nowEn route to Los Angeles · off blocks 20:11 · 46 min late
En route

en route from DAL to LAX

En routeWN2501 · position estimated
DALDallasLAXLos Angeles
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 20:11 · typical taxi-out at DAL ≈ 4.6 min.

Typical gate push+46 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+23 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~23 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
11-05
+46 gate · +23 arrival
10-30
+12 gate · −14 arrival
10-29
+46 gate · +23 arrival
10-26
+90 gate · +60 arrival
10-23
+46 gate · +26 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 +23 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DALDallasOn-time likelyDAL delay board →
LAXLos AngelesOn-time likelyLAX delay board →
DAL→LAXevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
47%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.8%Chance of cancellation
+13 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at DAL and LAX 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 Dallas

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 19°C to 22°C
Low14°Clikely 12°C to 15°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 Los Angeles

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High27°Clikely 26°C to 29°C
Low16°Clikely 15°C to 17°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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Dallas to Los Angeles flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1373departs 06:05
WN1396departs 06:15
WN874departs 06:20
WN268departs 09:25
WN4362departs 09:30
WN1778departs 09:40

If WN2501 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas to Los Angeles on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DAL 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 WN2501 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2501 across the DAL and LAX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~31 min late. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 1/5 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 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
11-05DAL 19:25 20:11 (+46)LAX 20:40 21:03 (+23)
10-30DAL 19:25 19:37 (+12)LAX 20:40 20:26 (−14)
10-29DAL 19:25 20:11 (+46)LAX 20:40 21:03 (+23)
10-26DAL 19:25 20:55 (+90)LAX 20:40 21:40 (+60)
10-23DAL 19:25 20:11 (+46)LAX 20:40 21:06 (+26)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8720L, N8511K, N8932Q, N8544Z.

Board clocks recorded as DAL and LAX published them.

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