WN2718Southwest Airlines · MDW → DEN
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2718 ChicagoMDW · 14:15 DenverDEN · 15:45

WN2718 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Denver (DEN) for the Tue, Aug 18 departure.

Right nowLanded in Denver · today
15:35

arrived at DEN · 10 min early

⚖ WN2718 typically leaves +34 and lands +6. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+54+109+163 min
08-19
+9 gate · −10 arrival
08-18
+9 gate · −10 arrival
08-17
+14 gate · −20 arrival
08-16
+19 gate · −9 arrival
08-14
+23 gate · +6 arrival
08-13
+67 gate · +44 arrival
08-12
+139 gate · +163 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 +6 min · 0 cancelled · 13 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoModerate riskMDW 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
48%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.5%Chance of cancellation
+16 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
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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
WN271departs 10:05

If WN2718 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 WN2718 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2718 across the MDW and DEN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~8 min late. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 9/13 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 WN2718 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
08-19MDW 14:15 14:24 (+9)DEN 15:45 15:35 (−10)
08-18MDW 14:15 14:24 (+9)DEN 15:45 15:35 (−10)
08-17MDW 10:20 10:34 (+14)DEN 11:55 11:35 (−20)
08-16MDW 13:40 13:59 (+19)DEN 15:10 15:01 (−9)
08-14MDW 10:20 10:43 (+23)DEN 11:55 12:01 (+6)
08-13MDW 10:20 11:27 (+67)DEN 11:55 12:39 (+44)
08-12MDW 14:15 16:34 (+139)DEN 15:45 18:28 (+163)
08-11MDW 14:15 15:54 (+99)DEN 15:45 17:04 (+79)
08-10MDW 10:20 10:56 (+36)DEN 11:55 12:03 (+8)
08-09MDW 13:40 14:17 (+37)DEN 15:10 15:24 (+14)
08-07MDW 10:20 10:54 (+34)DEN 11:55 12:01 (+6)
08-06MDW 10:20 10:56 (+36)DEN 11:55 12:03 (+8)
08-05MDW 14:15 14:26 (+11)DEN 15:45 15:37 (−8)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8954Q, N8852Q, N8504G, N8639B.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and DEN published them.

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