WN2618Southwest Airlines · MCO → MSY
live · 21m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2618 OrlandoMCO · 09:10 New OrleansMSY · 10:05

WN2618 by Southwest Airlines flies from Orlando (MCO) to New Orleans (MSY).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
07:15

scheduled from MCO

Typical gate push+2 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−15 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~17 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
09-30
−1 gate · −28 arrival
09-29
+6 gate · −9 arrival
09-28
−4 gate · −19 arrival
09-27
+2 gate · −15 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
MCOOrlandoOn-time likelyMCO delay board →
MSYNew OrleansOn-time likelyMSY delay board →
MCO→MSYevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.1%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MCO and MSY 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 Orlando to New Orleans flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2760departs 07:10
WN154departs 08:25
WN3665departs 08:40
WN413departs 08:45
WN2761departs 09:10
WN2762departs 12:00

If WN2618 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Orlando to New Orleans 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 WN2618 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2618 across the MCO and MSY boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~13 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 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 WN2618 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
09-30MCO 09:10 09:09 (−1)MSY 10:05 09:37 (−28)
09-29MCO 09:10 09:16 (+6)MSY 10:05 09:56 (−9)
09-28MCO 07:15 07:11 (−4)MSY 08:05 07:46 (−19)
09-27MCO 07:00 07:02 (+2)MSY 07:55 07:40 (−15)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8602F, N8687A, N8726H, N8859Q.

Board clocks recorded as MCO and MSY published them.

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