WN3870Southwest Airlines · STL → MSY
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN3870 St LouisSTL · 08:25 New OrleansMSY · 10:10

WN3870 by Southwest Airlines flies from St Louis (STL) to New Orleans (MSY) for the Fri, Sep 11 departure.

Same number through STL → JAN → MSY

Right nowIn the air to New Orleans
10:51

estimated arrival at MSY · local time · ~2h 06m from now

LivePosition · updated 2m ago
STL598 mi · ~2h 06m leftMSY
5,600 ftAltitudeclimbing
299 mphSpeed260 kt
131°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 2 min

⚖ WN3870 typically leaves +6 and lands −13. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-11
+8 arrival
09-10
+6 gate · −15 arrival
09-09
+5 gate · −19 arrival
09-08
+4 gate · −23 arrival
09-07
+17 gate · −11 arrival
09-04
+29 gate · +8 arrival
09-03
+9 gate · −13 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 −13 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
STLSt LouisOn-time likelySTL delay board →
MSYNew OrleansHigh riskMSY delay board →
STL→MSYevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at STL 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 St Louis to New Orleans flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3326departs 15:40
WN4005departs 20:55

If WN3870 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from St Louis to New Orleans 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 WN3870 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN3870 across the STL and MSY boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~13 min early. Based on 11 confirmed landings · 10/11 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 WN3870 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
09-11STL 08:25MSY 10:10 10:18 (+8)
09-10STL 08:25 08:31 (+6)MSY 10:10 09:55 (−15)
09-09STL 08:25 08:30 (+5)MSY 10:10 09:51 (−19)
09-08STL 08:25 08:29 (+4)MSY 10:10 09:47 (−23)
09-07STL 08:25 08:42 (+17)MSY 10:10 09:59 (−11)
09-04STL 08:25 08:54 (+29)MSY 10:10 10:18 (+8)
09-03STL 08:25 08:34 (+9)MSY 10:10 09:57 (−13)
09-02STL 08:25 08:28 (+3)MSY 10:10 09:55 (−15)
09-01STL 08:25 08:26 (+1)MSY 10:10 09:50 (−20)
08-31STL 08:25 08:40 (+15)MSY 10:10 10:57 (+47)
08-30STL 08:20 08:23 (+3)MSY 10:05 09:44 (−21)
08-28STL 08:25 08:40 (+15)MSY 10:10 10:01 (−9)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8534Z, N8909L, N9007K, N8922Q.

Board clocks recorded as STL and MSY published them.

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