WN446Southwest Airlines · MDW → MSY
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WN446 ChicagoMDW · 16:15 New OrleansMSY · 18:25

WN446 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to New Orleans (MSY) for the Sat, Oct 31 departure.

Right nowEn route to New Orleans · off blocks 16:17 · 2 min late
En route

en route from MDW to MSY

En routeWN446 · position estimated
MDWChicagoMSYNew Orleans
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 16:17.

Typical gate push+4 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−6 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~10 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
+2 gate · −6 arrival
10-30
+2 gate · −6 arrival
10-29
+24 gate · +22 arrival
10-28
+6 gate · −6 arrival
10-27
−2 gate · −26 arrival
10-26
+33 gate · +22 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 −6 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
MSYNew OrleansOn-time likelyMSY delay board →
MDW→MSYevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.6%Chance of cancellation
+12 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by MSY (New Orleans), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 on this route

Forecast

Chicago to New Orleans with Southwest Airlines · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
12%1.2× usual

Forecast weather: 84% chance of rain at New Orleans

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 3 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 Chicago to New Orleans flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN9008departs 00:57
WN4445departs 07:10
WN1587departs 08:40
WN9002departs 08:40
WN865departs 10:15
WN1966departs 10:30

If WN446 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to New Orleans 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 WN446 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN446 across the MDW and MSY boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 4/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN446 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
10-31MDW 16:15 16:17 (+2)MSY 18:25 18:19 (−6)
10-30MDW 16:15 16:17 (+2)MSY 18:25 18:19 (−6)
10-29MDW 16:15 16:39 (+24)MSY 18:25 18:47 (+22)
10-28MDW 15:35 15:41 (+6)MSY 17:50 17:44 (−6)
10-27MDW 15:35 15:33 (−2)MSY 17:50 17:24 (−26)
10-26MDW 16:15 16:48 (+33)MSY 18:25 18:47 (+22)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8757L, N8656B, N8319F, N8623F.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and MSY published them.

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