WN2949Southwest Airlines · MSY → STL
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WN2949 New OrleansMSY · 07:15 St LouisSTL · 09:00

WN2949 by Southwest Airlines flies from New Orleans (MSY) to St Louis (STL) for the Mon, Sep 14 departure.

Right nowLanded in St Louis · today
08:44

arrived at STL · 16 min early

⚖ WN2949 typically leaves +5 and lands −12. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−12 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~17 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+43+87+130 min
09-14
+5 gate · −16 arrival
09-13
+8 gate · −12 arrival
09-11
+5 gate · −16 arrival
09-10
+0 gate · +130 arrival
09-07
+64 gate · +46 arrival
09-04
+67 gate · +39 arrival
09-03
+5 gate · −19 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 −12 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MSYNew OrleansOn-time likelyMSY delay board →
STLSt LouisOn-time likelySTL delay board →
MSY→STLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MSY and STL 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 New Orleans to St Louis flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3977departs 07:35
WN2950departs 17:35
WN1485departs 18:10
WN996departs 18:10

If WN2949 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from New Orleans to St Louis on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MSY local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN2949 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2949 across the MSY and STL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~8 min early. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 5/8 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 WN2949 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
09-14MSY 07:15 07:20 (+5)STL 09:00 08:44 (−16)
09-13MSY 07:40 07:48 (+8)STL 09:25 09:13 (−12)
09-11MSY 07:15 07:20 (+5)STL 09:00 08:44 (−16)
09-10MSY 09:50 (+0)STL 09:00 11:10 (+130)
09-07MSY 07:15 08:19 (+64)STL 09:00 09:46 (+46)
09-04MSY 07:15 08:22 (+67)STL 09:00 09:39 (+39)
09-03MSY 07:15 07:20 (+5)STL 09:00 08:41 (−19)
08-31MSY 07:15 (+0)STL 09:00 08:37 (−23)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N7729A, N7747C, N429WN, N7889A.

Board clocks recorded as MSY and STL published them.

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