WN3878Southwest Airlines · STL → PHX
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN3878 St LouisSTL · 20:45 PhoenixPHX · 22:00

WN3878 by Southwest Airlines flies from St Louis (STL) to Phoenix (PHX) for the Tue, Sep 8 departure.

Right nowTaxiing out at St Louis · left the gate 21:26 · 41 min late
21:44

estimated arrival at PHX · local time

LivePosition · updated 5m ago
STLSt LouisPHXPhoenix
Taxiing out at STL1,260 mi flight ahead
0 ftAltitudeon the ground
5 mphSpeed4 kt
208°Direction

Live position · on the ground at STL, taxiing for departure.

Typical gate push+41 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+1 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~40 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
09-08
+41 gate · −16 arrival
09-07
+41 gate · +1 arrival
09-06
+24 gate · −2 arrival
09-04
+82 gate · +49 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 →
PHXPhoenixOn-time likelyPHX delay board →
STL→PHXevery 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
1.4%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at STL and PHX 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 Phoenix flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4593departs 06:00
WN830departs 07:35
WN4668departs 08:25
WN4464departs 08:30
WN3332departs 10:40
WN3877departs 11:50

If WN3878 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from St Louis to Phoenix 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 WN3878 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN3878 across the STL and PHX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 2/3 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 WN3878 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 20:45 21:26 (+41)PHX 22:00 21:44 (−16)
09-07STL 20:45 21:26 (+41)PHX 22:00 22:01 (+1)
09-06STL 19:45 20:09 (+24)PHX 20:55 20:53 (−2)
09-04STL 20:45 22:07 (+82)PHX 22:00 22:49 (+49)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8978G, N941WN, N8934Q.

Board clocks recorded as STL and PHX published them.

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