WN4173Southwest Airlines · DAL → SMF
updated 2h ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4173 DallasDAL · 11:00 SacramentoSMF · 12:45

WN4173 by Southwest Airlines flies from Dallas (DAL) to Sacramento (SMF).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
15:15

scheduled from DAL

Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−17 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~32 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
10-28
+9 gate · −16 arrival
10-27
+15 gate · −32 arrival
10-21
+16 gate · −19 arrival
10-20
−16 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
DALDallasOn-time likelyDAL delay board →
SMFSacramentoOn-time likelySMF delay board →
DAL→SMFevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
47%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.3%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at DAL 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. This route has few tracked flights so far, so treat this as an early read.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Dallas to Sacramento with Southwest Airlines · Mon 2 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
12%0.9× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 2 departures a day on this route with this airline. · 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 Dallas to Sacramento flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN9006departs 00:04
WN1081departs 07:25
WN1217departs 08:40
WN2046departs 09:20
WN956departs 13:15
WN3845departs 16:55

If WN4173 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas to Sacramento on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DAL 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 WN4173 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4173 across the DAL and SMF boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~8 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 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 WN4173 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
10-28DAL 11:00 11:09 (+9)SMF 12:45 12:29 (−16)
10-27DAL 11:00 11:15 (+15)SMF 12:45 12:13 (−32)
10-21DAL 11:00 11:16 (+16)SMF 12:45 12:26 (−19)
10-20DAL SMF 12:45 12:29 (−16)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8653A, N8520Q, N8568Z, N8538V.

Board clocks recorded as DAL and SMF published them.

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