WN4245Southwest Airlines · MDW → OMA
live · 6m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4245 ChicagoMDW · 12:05 OmahaOMA · 13:35

WN4245 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Omaha (OMA) for the Mon, Oct 12 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Omaha · off blocks 12:26 · 21 min late
16:02

estimated arrival at OMA · local time · ~65 min from now

LivePosition · updated 6m ago
OMA378 mi · ~65 min leftMDW
8,500 ftAltitudedescending
361 mphSpeed314 kt
65°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 4h 16m Descending early, still 378 mi from OMA — may be weather routing or a path change. Check with the airline.

Typical gate push+21 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+6 minmedian over 2 operations
Wins back in air~15 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
OMAOmahaOn-time likelyOMA delay board →
MDW→OMAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.1%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MDW and OMA 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 Chicago to Omaha flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4412departs 09:40
WN3247departs 10:00
WN3403departs 10:15
WN5100departs 13:25
WN4613departs 14:10
WN3605departs 14:20

If WN4245 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Omaha 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 WN4245 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4245 across the MDW and OMA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +53 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN4245 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
10-12MDW 12:05 12:26 (+21)OMA 13:35 13:41 (+6)
09-28MDW 12:05 12:26 (+21)OMA 13:35 13:41 (+6)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8840Q.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and OMA published them.

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