WN3429Southwest Airlines · PHX → MDW
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN3429 PhoenixPHX · 00:35 ChicagoMDW · 05:45

WN3429 by Southwest Airlines flies from Phoenix (PHX) to Chicago (MDW).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
07:45

scheduled from PHX

Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−8 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~23 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
+23 gate
10-30
+23 gate · +3 arrival
10-29
+5 gate · −15 arrival
10-28
+7 gate · −8 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
PHXPhoenixModerate riskPHX delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
PHX→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at PHX 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

Phoenix to Chicago with Southwest Airlines · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: high
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.3%1.3× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
30%3.2× usual

Forecast weather: 52% chance of thunder and 97% chance of rain at Phoenix

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 10 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 Phoenix to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1729departs 05:00
WN2693departs 05:00
WN4755departs 05:10
WN4418departs 05:50
WN2182departs 06:10
WN2908departs 06:25

If WN3429 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Phoenix to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in PHX 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 WN3429 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN3429 across the PHX and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~8 min early. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 3/3 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 WN3429 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-31PHX 00:35 00:58 (+23)MDW
10-30PHX 00:35 00:58 (+23)MDW 05:45 05:48 (+3)
10-29PHX 00:35 00:40 (+5)MDW 05:45 05:30 (−15)
10-28PHX 00:35 00:42 (+7)MDW 05:45 05:37 (−8)

Board clocks recorded as PHX and MDW published them.

Planning around WN3429? Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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