WN258Southwest Airlines · AUS → DEN
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN258 AustinAUS · 15:25 DenverDEN · 16:45

WN258 by Southwest Airlines flies from Austin (AUS) to Denver (DEN) for the Sat, Sep 12 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Denver
16:34

estimated arrival at DEN · local time · ~92 min from now

LivePosition · updated 5m ago
DEN697 mi · ~92 min leftAUS
28,600 ftAltitudeclimbing
516 mphSpeed448 kt
316°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 18 min

Typical gate push+47 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+3 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~44 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
09-12
−11 arrival
09-11
+47 gate · +7 arrival
09-10
+31 gate · +3 arrival
09-09
+28 gate · −13 arrival
09-08
+50 gate

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 +3 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
AUSAustinModerate riskAUS delay board →
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
AUS→DENevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.7%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at AUS 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.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Austin to Denver flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN559departs 06:55
WN285departs 07:00
WN478departs 08:40
WN191departs 08:50
WN169departs 09:00
WN189departs 09:20

If WN258 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Austin to Denver on the same day, with scheduled departure times in AUS local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN258 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN258 across the AUS and DEN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 3/3 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 WN258 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
09-12AUS 15:25DEN 16:45 16:34 (−11)
09-11AUS 09:00 09:47 (+47)DEN 10:15 10:22 (+7)
09-10AUS 09:00 09:31 (+31)DEN 10:15 10:18 (+3)
09-09AUS 13:10 13:38 (+28)DEN 14:20 14:07 (−13)
09-08AUS 13:10 14:00 (+50)DEN

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8520Q, N8579Z, N7848A, N949WN.

Board clocks recorded as AUS and DEN published them.

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