WN3838Southwest Airlines · STL → FLL
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN3838 St LouisSTL · 06:00 Fort LauderdaleFLL · 09:40

WN3838 by Southwest Airlines flies from St Louis (STL) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
17:05

scheduled from STL

Typical gate push+6 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−15 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~21 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
09-08
+5 gate · −17 arrival
09-07
+5 gate · −17 arrival
09-04
+17 gate · −3 arrival
09-03
+6 gate · −15 arrival
08-31
+35 gate · +12 arrival
08-28
+8 gate · −14 arrival
08-27
+1 gate · −20 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 · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
STLSt LouisModerate riskSTL delay board →
FLLFort LauderdaleModerate riskFLL delay board →
STL→FLLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.9%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at STL and FLL 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 St Louis to Fort Lauderdale flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3140departs 10:10
WN4981departs 10:15
WN1385departs 10:40
WN2180departs 17:45
WN1813departs 19:05

If WN3838 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from St Louis to Fort Lauderdale on the same day, with scheduled departure times in STL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN3838 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN3838 across the STL and FLL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~12 min early. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 7/7 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 WN3838 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
09-08STL 06:00 06:05 (+5)FLL 09:40 09:23 (−17)
09-07STL 06:00 06:05 (+5)FLL 09:40 09:23 (−17)
09-04STL 06:00 06:17 (+17)FLL 09:40 09:37 (−3)
09-03STL 06:00 06:06 (+6)FLL 09:40 09:25 (−15)
08-31STL 06:00 06:35 (+35)FLL 09:40 09:52 (+12)
08-28STL 06:00 06:08 (+8)FLL 09:40 09:26 (−14)
08-27STL 06:00 06:01 (+1)FLL 09:40 09:20 (−20)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8750Q, N8856S, N8697C, N8756S.

Board clocks recorded as STL and FLL published them.

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