WN2604Southwest Airlines · MCI → MDW
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2604 Kansas CityMCI · 15:45 ChicagoMDW · 17:10

WN2604 by Southwest Airlines flies from Kansas City (MCI) to Chicago (MDW) for the Mon, Sep 7 departure.

Right nowLanded in Chicago · today
16:52

arrived at MDW · 18 min early

Typical gate push+13 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−17 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~30 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-07
−3 gate · −18 arrival
09-06
−4 gate · −17 arrival
09-04
+13 gate · +11 arrival
09-03
+20 gate

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 →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
MCI→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
47%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.2%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at MCI and MDW 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. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

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 Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2139departs 05:10
WN2681departs 05:35
WN2522departs 06:15
WN3473departs 06:20
WN759departs 07:50
WN4630departs 08:25

If WN2604 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Kansas City to Chicago 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 WN2604 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2604 across the MCI and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~17 min early. 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 WN2604 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
09-07MCI 15:45 15:42 (−3)MDW 17:10 16:52 (−18)
09-06MCI 18:15 18:11 (−4)MDW 19:40 19:23 (−17)
09-04MCI 15:45 15:58 (+13)MDW 17:10 17:21 (+11)
09-03MCI 15:45 16:05 (+20)MDW

Board clocks recorded as MCI and MDW published them.

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