WN3563Southwest Airlines · SMF → SNA
updated 2h ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN3563 SacramentoSMF · 06:15 Santa AnaSNA · 07:45

WN3563 by Southwest Airlines flies from Sacramento (SMF) to Santa Ana (SNA) for the Fri, Nov 6 departure.

Right nowEn route to Santa Ana · off blocks 07:45 · 90 min late
En route

en route from SMF to SNA

En routeWN3563 · position estimated
SMFSacramentoSNASanta Ana
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 07:45 · typical taxi-out at SMF ≈ 5.2 min.

Typical gate push+12 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−15 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~27 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-06
+90 gate · +82 arrival
10-30
+90 gate · +82 arrival
10-29
+8 gate · −16 arrival
10-26
+12 gate · −15 arrival
10-23
+8 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 −15 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SMFSacramentoOn-time likelySMF delay board →
SNASanta AnaOn-time likelySNA delay board →
SMF→SNAevery 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
0.3%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SMF and SNA 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 at Sacramento

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High22°Clikely 20°C to 24°C
Low6°Clikely 4°C to 8°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Santa Ana

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High29°Clikely 27°C to 31°C
Low17°Clikely 16°C to 19°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · 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 Sacramento to Santa Ana flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1271departs 06:10
WN3749departs 07:20
WN2383departs 07:25
WN2588departs 08:30
WN2642departs 08:45
WN1547departs 08:55

If WN3563 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Sacramento to Santa Ana on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SMF 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 WN3563 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN3563 across the SMF and SNA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~5 min early. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 3/5 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 WN3563 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
11-06SMF 06:15 07:45 (+90)SNA 07:45 09:07 (+82)
10-30SMF 06:15 07:45 (+90)SNA 07:45 09:07 (+82)
10-29SMF 06:15 06:23 (+8)SNA 07:45 07:29 (−16)
10-26SMF 06:15 06:27 (+12)SNA 07:45 07:30 (−15)
10-23SMF 06:15 06:23 (+8)SNA 07:45 07:26 (−19)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8915Q, N488WN, N944WN, N285WN.

Board clocks recorded as SMF and SNA published them.

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