WN268Southwest Airlines · DAL → LAX
updated 6h ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN268 DallasDAL · 09:25 Los AngelesLAX · 10:50

WN268 by Southwest Airlines flies from Dallas (DAL) to Los Angeles (LAX).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
13:15

scheduled from DAL

Typical gate push+16 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−19 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~35 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-30
+16 gate · −20 arrival
10-29
+15 gate · −21 arrival
10-26
+12 gate · −27 arrival
10-23
+20 gate · −18 arrival
10-22
+16 gate · −15 arrival
10-19
+60 gate · +15 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 −19 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DALDallasModerate riskDAL delay board →
LAXLos AngelesOn-time likelyLAX delay board →
DAL→LAXevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
46%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.6%Chance of cancellation
+21 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by DAL (Dallas), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Dallas to Los Angeles with Southwest Airlines · Mon 2 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
13%1.0× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 4 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

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

Other Dallas to Los Angeles flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2042departs 06:00
WN1373departs 06:05
WN874departs 06:20
WN2810departs 07:00
WN2378departs 09:10
WN1778departs 09:40

If WN268 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas to Los Angeles on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DAL local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How WN268 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN268 across the DAL and LAX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~10 min early. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 5/6 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 WN268 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
10-30DAL 09:25 09:41 (+16)LAX 10:50 10:30 (−20)
10-29DAL 09:25 09:40 (+15)LAX 10:50 10:29 (−21)
10-26DAL 09:25 09:37 (+12)LAX 10:50 10:23 (−27)
10-23DAL 09:25 09:45 (+20)LAX 10:50 10:32 (−18)
10-22DAL 09:25 09:41 (+16)LAX 10:50 10:35 (−15)
10-19DAL 09:25 10:25 (+60)LAX 10:50 11:05 (+15)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8629A, N8628A, N8956Q, N8572X.

Board clocks recorded as DAL and LAX published them.

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