WN4459Southwest Airlines · MDW → ORF
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4459 ChicagoMDW · 08:00 NorfolkORF · 11:00

WN4459 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Norfolk (ORF).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
08:00

scheduled from MDW

Typical gate push−6 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−16 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~10 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-30
−9 gate · −16 arrival
10-29
−10 gate · −16 arrival
10-26
−2 gate · −9 arrival
10-25
+33 gate · +32 arrival
10-24
−9 gate · −20 arrival
10-23
−4 gate · −4 arrival
10-22
−6 gate · −17 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 −16 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
ORFNorfolkOn-time likelyORF delay board →
MDW→ORFevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
54%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.3%Chance of cancellation
+35 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by MDW (Chicago), currently flying IFR (instrument). 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 Chicago

Forecast

Wed 4 Nov, local date

High19°Clikely 17°C to 21°C
Low13°Clikely 11°C to 16°C
  • 97% chance of rain

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 Norfolk

Forecast

Wed 4 Nov, local date

High23°Clikely 21°C to 25°C
Low14°Clikely 12°C to 17°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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Chicago to Norfolk flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3032departs 13:35
WN4710departs 18:10
WN4071departs 18:45
WN392departs 19:00
WN4400departs 19:05

If WN4459 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Norfolk on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MDW 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 WN4459 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4459 across the MDW and ORF boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~5 min early. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 6/7 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN4459 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
10-30MDW 08:00 07:51 (−9)ORF 11:00 10:44 (−16)
10-29MDW 08:00 07:50 (−10)ORF 11:00 10:44 (−16)
10-26MDW 08:00 07:58 (−2)ORF 11:00 10:51 (−9)
10-25MDW 07:40 08:13 (+33)ORF 10:40 11:12 (+32)
10-24MDW 08:05 07:56 (−9)ORF 11:05 10:45 (−20)
10-23MDW 08:00 07:56 (−4)ORF 11:00 10:56 (−4)
10-22MDW 08:00 07:54 (−6)ORF 11:00 10:43 (−17)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N260WN, N278WN, N969WN, N8884Q.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and ORF published them.

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