WN4221Southwest Airlines · DAL → MCI
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4221 DallasDAL · 21:45 Kansas CityMCI · 23:15

WN4221 by Southwest Airlines flies from Dallas (DAL) to Kansas City (MCI).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
21:45

scheduled from DAL

Typical gate push+60 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+44 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~16 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
08-18
+60 gate · +44 arrival
08-17
+60 gate · +44 arrival
08-16
+3 gate · −16 arrival
08-14
−3 gate

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 →
MCIKansas CityOn-time likelyMCI delay board →
DAL→MCIevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
49%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.9%Chance of cancellation
+13 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DAL and MCI 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 Dallas to Kansas City flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1724departs 06:05
WN602departs 07:55
WN4272departs 09:00
WN346departs 09:20
WN1314departs 09:35
WN768departs 11:15

If WN4221 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas to Kansas City on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DAL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN4221 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4221 across the DAL and MCI boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~44 min late. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 1/3 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 WN4221 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
08-18DAL 21:45 22:45 (+60)MCI 23:15 23:59 (+44)
08-17DAL 21:45 22:45 (+60)MCI 23:15 23:59 (+44)
08-16DAL 06:10 06:13 (+3)MCI 07:40 07:24 (−16)
08-14DAL 21:45 21:42 (−3)MCI 23:15

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8684F, N8871Q, N8953Q.

Board clocks recorded as DAL and MCI published them.

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