WN3588Southwest Airlines · DCA → CMH
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN3588 WashingtonDCA · 11:45 ColumbusCMH · 13:05

WN3588 by Southwest Airlines flies from Washington (DCA) to Columbus (CMH) for the Fri, Aug 21 departure.

Right nowExpected · today · as of 11:38
11:57

departs DCA · 12 min late

Typical gate push+23 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−2 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~25 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
08-20
+10 gate
08-17
+59 gate
08-16
+39 gate · +28 arrival
08-14
+59 gate
08-13
+23 gate
08-10
+7 gate · −9 arrival
08-09
+21 gate · −2 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 −2 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DCAWashingtonModerate riskDCA delay board →
CMHColumbusOn-time likelyCMH delay board →
DCA→CMHevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
48%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.3%Chance of cancellation
+14 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DCA and CMH 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 Washington to Columbus flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2658departs 11:40

If WN3588 is cancelled, this is the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flight from Washington to Columbus on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DCA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN3588 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN3588 across the DCA and CMH boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 2 confirmed landings · 2/2 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 WN3588 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
08-20DCA 11:45 11:55 (+10)CMH 13:05
08-17DCA 11:45 12:44 (+59)CMH 13:05
08-16DCA 11:45 12:24 (+39)CMH 13:05 13:33 (+28)
08-14DCA 11:45 12:44 (+59)CMH 13:05
08-13DCA 11:45 12:08 (+23)CMH 13:05
08-10DCA 11:45 11:52 (+7)CMH 13:05 12:56 (−9)
08-09DCA 11:45 12:06 (+21)CMH 13:05 13:03 (−2)
08-07DCA 11:45 (+0)CMH 13:05

Aircraft

Recent tails: N948WN, N927WN, N967WN, N7868K.

Board clocks recorded as DCA and CMH published them.

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