WN2872Southwest Airlines · SMF → SAN
live · 40m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2872 SacramentoSMF · 19:30 San DiegoSAN · 21:00

WN2872 by Southwest Airlines flies from Sacramento (SMF) to San Diego (SAN).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
16:15

scheduled from SMF

Typical gate push+125 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+112 minmedian over 1 operations
Wins back in air~13 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

The route today

live boards
SMFSacramentoOn-time likelySMF delay board →
SANSan DiegoOn-time likelySAN delay board →
SMF→SANevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.7%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SMF and SAN 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 San Diego flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN778departs 05:50
WN4372departs 06:10
WN4566departs 06:25
WN2034departs 07:35
WN4373departs 08:00
WN2647departs 08:05

If WN2872 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Sacramento to San Diego 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 WN2872 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2872 across the SMF and SAN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: departed +120 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN2872 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
09-28SMF 19:30 21:35 (+125)SAN 21:00 22:52 (+112)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N943WN.

Board clocks recorded as SMF and SAN published them.

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