WN398Southwest Airlines · DCA → STL
updated 7h ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN398 WashingtonDCA · 18:50 St LouisSTL · 20:15

WN398 by Southwest Airlines flies from Washington (DCA) to St Louis (STL).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
14:30

scheduled from DCA

The route today

live boards
DCAWashingtonOn-time likelyDCA delay board →
STLSt LouisOn-time likelySTL delay board →
DCA→STLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.7%Chance of cancellation
+7 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at DCA and STL are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow at DCA

Forecast

Thu 12 Nov, local date

High19°Clikely 16°C to 21°C
Low10°Clikely 7°C to 12°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at STL

Forecast

Thu 12 Nov, local date

High11°Clikely 8°C to 15°C
Low7°Clikely 4°C to 9°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Washington to St Louis flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2729departs 08:25
WN287departs 08:25
WN4962departs 12:00
WN754departs 14:40
WN1548departs 18:55

If WN398 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Washington to St Louis on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DCA local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How WN398 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN398 across the DCA and STL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: left heavily delayed (~49 min) but landed noticeably late (~27 min). Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN398 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
10-30DCA 18:50 18:58 (+8)STL 20:15 19:44 (−31)
10-29DCA 18:50 20:39 (+109)STL 20:15 21:30 (+75)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8847Q, N8722L.

Board clocks recorded as DCA and STL published them.

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