WN4225Southwest Airlines · MDW → DTW
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4225 ChicagoMDW · 12:50 DetroitDTW · 14:52

WN4225 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Detroit (DTW) for the Tue, Sep 8 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate B9
12:50

departs MDW · on schedule

Typical gate push−1 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 4 operations

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-08
+0 arrival
09-02
−7 gate · +0 arrival
09-01
−1 gate · +0 arrival
08-26
−6 gate · +0 arrival
08-25
+13 gate

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 +0 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
DTWDetroitOn-time likelyDTW delay board →
MDW→DTWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.2%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MDW and DTW 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
061422
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T
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T
F
S
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Chicago to Detroit flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1799departs 07:55
WN1072departs 08:15
WN4079departs 08:35
WN986departs 08:50
WN973departs 13:00
WN267departs 15:45

If WN4225 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Detroit on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MDW local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN4225 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4225 across the MDW and DTW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN4225 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
09-08MDW 12:50DTW 14:52 (+0)
09-02MDW 12:50 12:43 (−7)DTW 14:53 (+0)
09-01MDW 12:50 12:49 (−1)DTW 14:52 (+0)
08-26MDW 12:50 12:44 (−6)DTW 14:55 (+0)
08-25MDW 12:50 13:03 (+13)DTW

Board clocks recorded as MDW and DTW published them.

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