WN3130Southwest Airlines · MSY → MDW
live · 4m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN3130 New OrleansMSY · 10:35 ChicagoMDW · 12:50

WN3130 by Southwest Airlines flies from New Orleans (MSY) to Chicago (MDW) for the Fri, Oct 30 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Chicago
12:50

estimated arrival at MDW · local time · ~1h 54m from now

LivePosition · updated 4m ago
MSY775 mi · ~1h 54m leftMDW
22,500 ftAltitudeclimbing
496 mphSpeed431 kt
344°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 10 min

Typical gate push+12 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−3 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~15 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+95+190+285 min
10-29
+14 gate · −7 arrival
10-26
+285 gate · +259 arrival
10-23
+10 gate · +0 arrival
10-22
+8 gate · −8 arrival
10-19
+18 gate · +0 arrival
10-16
+10 gate · −9 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 −3 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MSYNew OrleansOn-time likelyMSY delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
MSY→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.0%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at MSY and MDW are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

New Orleans to Chicago with Southwest Airlines · Sat 31 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
11%1.2× usual

Forecast weather: 79% chance of rain at New Orleans; 93% chance of rain at Chicago

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 3 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

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 Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN634departs 05:00
WN908departs 05:00
WN2069departs 06:45
WN2979departs 07:15
WN4617departs 10:00
WN591departs 10:25

If WN3130 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from New Orleans to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MSY local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How WN3130 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN3130 across the MSY and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 5/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN3130 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
10-29MSY 10:35 10:49 (+14)MDW 12:50 12:43 (−7)
10-26MSY 10:35 15:20 (+285)MDW 12:50 17:09 (+259)
10-23MSY 10:35 10:45 (+10)MDW 12:50 (+0)
10-22MSY 10:35 10:43 (+8)MDW 12:50 12:42 (−8)
10-19MSY 10:35 10:53 (+18)MDW 12:50 (+0)
10-16MSY 10:35 10:45 (+10)MDW 12:50 12:41 (−9)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N7731A, N925WN, N900WN, N937WN.

Board clocks recorded as MSY and MDW published them.

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