WN271Southwest Airlines · MDW → DEN
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN271 ChicagoMDW · 09:25 DenverDEN · 11:00

WN271 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Denver (DEN) for the Sat, Aug 22 departure.

Right nowDeparts today · today · as of 07:18
09:25

departs MDW · on schedule

Typical gate push+11 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−13 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~24 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+79+157+236 min
08-22
−26 arrival
08-19
+10 gate · −10 arrival
08-18
+10 gate · −13 arrival
08-15
+11 gate · −26 arrival
08-12
+75 gate · +47 arrival
08-11
+9 gate · −13 arrival
08-09
+236 gate · +215 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 · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
MDW→DENevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
47%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.6%Chance of cancellation
+14 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MDW and DEN 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
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Chicago to Denver flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN303departs 06:30
WN2717departs 06:40
WN136departs 07:55
WN229departs 07:55
WN400departs 09:30
WN2718departs 10:20

If WN271 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Denver on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MDW local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN271 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN271 across the MDW and DEN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~10 min early. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 6/8 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 WN271 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
08-22MDW 09:25DEN 11:00 10:34 (−26)
08-19MDW 10:05 10:15 (+10)DEN 11:40 11:30 (−10)
08-18MDW 10:05 10:15 (+10)DEN 11:40 11:27 (−13)
08-15MDW 09:25 09:36 (+11)DEN 11:00 10:34 (−26)
08-12MDW 10:05 11:20 (+75)DEN 11:40 12:27 (+47)
08-11MDW 10:05 10:14 (+9)DEN 11:40 11:27 (−13)
08-09MDW 15:10 19:06 (+236)DEN 16:40 20:15 (+215)
08-08MDW 09:25 09:39 (+14)DEN 11:00 10:39 (−21)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N212WN, N7835A, N486WN, N283WN.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and DEN published them.

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