WN2688Southwest Airlines · SMF → LGB
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2688 SacramentoSMF · 06:10 Long BeachLGB · 07:35

WN2688 by Southwest Airlines flies from Sacramento (SMF) to Long Beach (LGB) for the Tue, Sep 15 departure.

Right nowEn route to Long Beach · off blocks 06:14 · 4 min late
En route

en route from SMF to LGB

En routeWN2688 · position estimated
SMFSacramentoLGBLong Beach
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 06:14 · typical taxi-out at SMF ≈ 5.1 min.

Typical gate push+10 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−13 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~23 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
09-15
+4 gate · −16 arrival
09-14
+4 gate · −16 arrival
09-11
+10 gate · −13 arrival
09-10
+16 gate · −7 arrival
09-07
+22 gate · +6 arrival
09-04
+13 gate · −10 arrival
09-03
+8 gate · −14 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 −13 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SMFSacramentoOn-time likelySMF delay board →
LGBLong BeachHigh riskLGB delay board →
SMF→LGBevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
27%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.1%Chance of cancellation
+5 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SMF and LGB 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 Sacramento to Long Beach flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4181departs 07:05
WN142departs 08:40
WN3002departs 09:15
WN3724departs 09:30
WN2892departs 11:45
WN3515departs 13:05

If WN2688 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Sacramento to Long Beach on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SMF local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN2688 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2688 across the SMF and LGB 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 WN2688 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
09-15SMF 06:10 06:14 (+4)LGB 07:35 07:19 (−16)
09-14SMF 06:10 06:14 (+4)LGB 07:35 07:19 (−16)
09-11SMF 06:10 06:20 (+10)LGB 07:35 07:22 (−13)
09-10SMF 06:10 06:26 (+16)LGB 07:35 07:28 (−7)
09-07SMF 06:10 06:32 (+22)LGB 07:35 07:41 (+6)
09-04SMF 06:10 06:23 (+13)LGB 07:35 07:25 (−10)
09-03SMF 06:10 06:18 (+8)LGB 07:35 07:21 (−14)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8840Q, N8512U, N8664J, N8978G.

Board clocks recorded as SMF and LGB published them.

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