WN3353Southwest Airlines · RDU → MDW
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN3353 Raleigh/DurhamRDU · 07:30 ChicagoMDW · 08:20

WN3353 by Southwest Airlines flies from Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to Chicago (MDW) for the Sat, Sep 12 departure.

Right nowLanded in Chicago · today
08:14

arrived at MDW · 6 min early

⚖ WN3353 typically leaves +20 and lands +12. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+20 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+12 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~8 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-12
+8 gate · −6 arrival
09-09
+12 gate · +12 arrival
09-08
+42 gate · +36 arrival
09-06
+4 gate · −8 arrival
09-05
+17 gate · +17 arrival
09-02
+21 gate · +10 arrival
09-01
+20 gate · +10 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
RDURaleigh/DurhamModerate riskRDU delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
RDU→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.2%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at RDU and MDW 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 Raleigh/Durham to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN396departs 08:25
WN2516departs 13:15
WN1797departs 13:25
WN3738departs 15:50
WN3355departs 18:25
WN661departs 18:35

If WN3353 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Raleigh/Durham to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in RDU local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN3353 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN3353 across the RDU and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~12 min late. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 5/8 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN3353 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
09-12RDU 07:30 07:38 (+8)MDW 08:20 08:14 (−6)
09-09RDU 08:20 08:32 (+12)MDW 09:10 09:22 (+12)
09-08RDU 08:20 09:02 (+42)MDW 09:10 09:46 (+36)
09-06RDU 09:00 09:04 (+4)MDW 09:50 09:42 (−8)
09-05RDU 07:30 07:47 (+17)MDW 08:20 08:37 (+17)
09-02RDU 08:20 08:41 (+21)MDW 09:10 09:20 (+10)
09-01RDU 08:20 08:40 (+20)MDW 09:10 09:20 (+10)
08-30RDU 08:30 09:17 (+47)MDW 09:20 10:08 (+48)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8900L, N8329B, N481WN, N7734H.

Board clocks recorded as RDU and MDW published them.

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Pro Flight Search — WN3353 Raleigh/Durham to Chicago on-time performance, measured from the RDU and MDW airport boards.

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