WN2581Southwest Airlines · MCO → DEN
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2581 OrlandoMCO · 09:05 DenverDEN · 11:05

WN2581 by Southwest Airlines flies from Orlando (MCO) to Denver (DEN) for the Sun, Sep 20 departure.

Right nowLanded in Denver · today
10:50

arrived at DEN · 15 min early

Typical gate push+12 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−10 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~22 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-20
+0 gate · −15 arrival
09-19
+21 gate · +11 arrival
09-18
+12 gate · −9 arrival
09-17
+26 gate · +4 arrival
09-16
+5 gate · −16 arrival
09-15
+1 gate · −20 arrival
09-14
−10 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 −10 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MCOOrlandoOn-time likelyMCO delay board →
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
MCO→DENevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
51%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.0%Chance of cancellation
+32 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by MCO (Orlando), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 Orlando to Denver flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2580departs 06:20
WN2583departs 11:35
WN318departs 12:10
WN5155departs 12:25
WN4793departs 14:00
WN2584departs 15:55

If WN2581 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Orlando to Denver on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MCO local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN2581 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2581 across the MCO and DEN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~10 min early. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 7/7 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 WN2581 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
09-20MCO 09:05 (+0)DEN 11:05 10:50 (−15)
09-19MCO 09:10 09:31 (+21)DEN 11:10 11:21 (+11)
09-18MCO 09:05 09:17 (+12)DEN 11:05 10:56 (−9)
09-17MCO 09:05 09:31 (+26)DEN 11:05 11:09 (+4)
09-16MCO 09:40 09:45 (+5)DEN 11:35 11:19 (−16)
09-15MCO 09:40 09:41 (+1)DEN 11:35 11:15 (−20)
09-14MCO DEN 11:05 10:55 (−10)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8870K, N8956Q, N8741L, N1802U.

Board clocks recorded as MCO and DEN published them.

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