WN3966Southwest Airlines · BNA → BHM
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN3966 NashvilleBNA · 17:40 BirminghamBHM · 18:40

WN3966 by Southwest Airlines flies from Nashville (BNA) to Birmingham (BHM) for the Sun, Sep 6 departure.

Right nowDeparts today · today · as of 15:48
17:40

departs BNA · on schedule

⚖ WN3966 typically leaves +11 and lands −15. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-04
+40 gate · +11 arrival
09-03
+30 gate · +3 arrival
09-02
+29 gate · +1 arrival
09-01
+3 gate · −18 arrival
08-31
+2 gate · −26 arrival
08-30
+31 gate · +7 arrival
08-28
+6 gate · −17 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 · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BNANashvilleOn-time likelyBNA delay board →
BHMBirminghamOn-time likelyBHM delay board →
BNA→BHMevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
45%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.7%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at BNA and BHM 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 Nashville to Birmingham flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN816departs 10:15
WN3256departs 11:00
WN1339departs 11:30
WN1897departs 12:30
WN4313departs 14:10

If WN3966 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Nashville to Birmingham on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BNA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN3966 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN3966 across the BNA and BHM boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min early. Based on 11 confirmed landings · 11/11 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 WN3966 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
09-04BNA 20:40 21:20 (+40)BHM 21:45 21:56 (+11)
09-03BNA 20:40 21:10 (+30)BHM 21:45 21:48 (+3)
09-02BNA 20:40 21:09 (+29)BHM 21:40 21:41 (+1)
09-01BNA 20:40 20:43 (+3)BHM 21:40 21:22 (−18)
08-31BNA 20:40 20:42 (+2)BHM 21:40 21:14 (−26)
08-30BNA 21:20 21:51 (+31)BHM 22:15 22:22 (+7)
08-28BNA 20:40 20:46 (+6)BHM 21:40 21:23 (−17)
08-27BNA 20:40 20:53 (+13)BHM 21:40 21:27 (−13)
08-26BNA 20:40 20:49 (+9)BHM 21:40 21:21 (−19)
08-25BNA 20:40 20:51 (+11)BHM 21:40 21:25 (−15)
08-24BNA 20:40 20:47 (+7)BHM 21:40 21:20 (−20)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N276WN, N491WN, N7835A, N7715E.

Board clocks recorded as BNA and BHM published them.

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