WN285Southwest Airlines · AUS → DEN
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN285 AustinAUS · 07:00 DenverDEN · 08:15

WN285 by Southwest Airlines flies from Austin (AUS) to Denver (DEN) for the Sat, Sep 12 departure.

Right nowLanded in Denver · today
08:09

arrived at DEN · 6 min early

Typical gate push+32 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−6 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~38 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-12
+33 gate · −6 arrival
09-09
+29 gate · −18 arrival
09-08
+32 gate · −6 arrival
09-06
+25 gate · −16 arrival
09-05
+32 gate

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 · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
AUSAustinModerate riskAUS delay board →
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
AUS→DENevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.7%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at AUS 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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T
F
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Austin to Denver flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN559departs 06:55
WN478departs 08:40
WN191departs 08:50
WN169departs 09:00
WN258departs 09:00
WN189departs 09:20

If WN285 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Austin to Denver on the same day, with scheduled departure times in AUS local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN285 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN285 across the AUS and DEN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 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 WN285 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
09-12AUS 07:00 07:33 (+33)DEN 08:15 08:09 (−6)
09-09AUS 07:00 07:29 (+29)DEN 08:15 07:57 (−18)
09-08AUS 07:00 07:32 (+32)DEN 08:15 08:09 (−6)
09-06AUS 06:45 07:10 (+25)DEN 07:55 07:39 (−16)
09-05AUS 07:00 07:32 (+32)DEN

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8662F, N8804L, N8867Q, N8764Q.

Board clocks recorded as AUS and DEN published them.

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