WN2538Southwest Airlines · MCI → STL
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2538 Kansas CityMCI · 16:45 St LouisSTL · 17:50

WN2538 by Southwest Airlines flies from Kansas City (MCI) to St Louis (STL).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
12:40

scheduled from MCI

Typical gate push−4 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−22 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~18 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-13
−4 gate · −22 arrival
09-30
+26 gate · +11 arrival
09-29
−4 gate · −22 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
MCIKansas CityOn-time likelyMCI delay board →
STLSt LouisHigh riskSTL delay board →
MCI→STLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
46%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.1%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MCI and STL 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 Kansas City to St Louis flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2660departs 08:35
WN2732departs 12:55
WN4562departs 13:50
WN3955departs 14:55
WN2833departs 15:20
WN2464departs 16:35

If WN2538 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Kansas City to St Louis 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 WN2538 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2538 across the MCI and STL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: left right on schedule but landed about 19 min early. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN2538 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
10-13MCI 16:45 16:41 (−4)STL 17:50 17:28 (−22)
09-30MCI 16:45 17:11 (+26)STL 17:50 18:01 (+11)
09-29MCI 16:45 16:41 (−4)STL 17:50 17:28 (−22)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N297WN, N288WN.

Board clocks recorded as MCI and STL published them.

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