WN4017Southwest Airlines · SNA → SMF
updated 1h ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4017 Santa AnaSNA · 06:45 SacramentoSMF · 08:30

WN4017 by Southwest Airlines flies from Santa Ana (SNA) to Sacramento (SMF).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
06:45

scheduled from SNA

Typical gate push+17 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−17 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~34 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-09
+23 gate · −12 arrival
10-30
+18 gate · −18 arrival
10-29
+16 gate · −25 arrival
10-28
−2 gate · −27 arrival
10-27
+5 gate · −17 arrival
10-26
+23 gate · −12 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 −17 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SNASanta AnaOn-time likelySNA delay board →
SMFSacramentoOn-time likelySMF delay board →
SNA→SMFevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.3%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SNA and SMF 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 Santa Ana

Forecast

Tue 10 Nov, local date

High28°Clikely 26°C to 31°C
Low17°Clikely 15°C to 19°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 Sacramento

Forecast

Tue 10 Nov, local date

High24°Clikely 22°C to 26°C
Low8°Clikely 6°C to 10°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
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Santa Ana to Sacramento flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4092departs 07:45
WN2784departs 09:35
WN3395departs 10:10
WN1826departs 10:50
WN3642departs 11:45
WN3703departs 12:05

If WN4017 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Santa Ana to Sacramento on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SNA 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 WN4017 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4017 across the SNA and SMF boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~9 min early. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 6/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN4017 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
11-09SNA 06:45 07:08 (+23)SMF 08:30 08:18 (−12)
10-30SNA 06:45 07:03 (+18)SMF 08:30 08:12 (−18)
10-29SNA 06:45 07:01 (+16)SMF 08:30 08:05 (−25)
10-28SNA 07:45 07:43 (−2)SMF 09:15 08:48 (−27)
10-27SNA 07:45 07:50 (+5)SMF 09:15 08:58 (−17)
10-26SNA 06:45 07:08 (+23)SMF 08:30 08:18 (−12)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N221WN, N276WN, N8900L, N8892S.

Board clocks recorded as SNA and SMF published them.

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