WN3862Southwest Airlines · STL → MDW
live · 48m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN3862 St LouisSTL · 10:45 ChicagoMDW · 11:50

WN3862 by Southwest Airlines flies from St Louis (STL) to Chicago (MDW).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
22:05

scheduled from STL

Typical gate push+13 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−7 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~20 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-30
+13 gate · −1 arrival
09-29
+7 gate · −9 arrival
09-28
+18 gate · −7 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
STLSt LouisOn-time likelySTL delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
STL→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.1%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at STL and MDW 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 Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2888departs 05:25
WN4096departs 05:45
WN2052departs 06:05
WN3585departs 06:05
WN3861departs 06:30
WN4143departs 10:45

If WN3862 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from St Louis to Chicago 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 WN3862 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN3862 across the STL and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: landed -7 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN3862 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
09-30STL 10:45 10:58 (+13)MDW 11:50 11:49 (−1)
09-29STL 10:45 10:52 (+7)MDW 11:50 11:41 (−9)
09-28STL 14:20 14:38 (+18)MDW 15:30 15:23 (−7)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8529Z, N8602F, N8805L.

Board clocks recorded as STL and MDW published them.

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