WN3587Southwest Airlines · HOU → MSY
live · 27m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN3587 HoustonHOU · 17:40 New OrleansMSY · 18:55

WN3587 by Southwest Airlines flies from Houston (HOU) to New Orleans (MSY) for the Sat, Sep 12 departure.

Right nowLanded in New Orleans · today
19:01

arrived at MSY · 6 min late

Typical gate push+22 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+6 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~16 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
09-13
+22 gate · +6 arrival
09-12
+22 gate · +6 arrival
09-11
−6 gate · −30 arrival
09-10
+2 gate

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
HOUHoustonOn-time likelyHOU delay board →
MSYNew OrleansOn-time likelyMSY delay board →
HOU→MSYevery 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
0.8%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at HOU and MSY 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 Houston to New Orleans flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2920departs 06:05
WN1975departs 08:00
WN1974departs 08:25
WN4958departs 09:30
WN4486departs 11:25
WN2065departs 13:20

If WN3587 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Houston to New Orleans on the same day, with scheduled departure times in HOU local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN3587 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN3587 across the HOU and MSY boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 min late. 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 WN3587 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
09-13HOU 17:40 18:02 (+22)MSY 18:55 19:01 (+6)
09-12HOU 17:40 18:02 (+22)MSY 18:55 19:01 (+6)
09-11HOU 20:50 20:44 (−6)MSY 22:05 21:35 (−30)
09-10HOU 20:50 20:52 (+2)MSY

Aircraft

Recent tails: N7729A, N283WN.

Board clocks recorded as HOU and MSY published them.

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