WN4473Southwest Airlines · SAN → SMF
live · 19m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4473 San DiegoSAN · 18:10 SacramentoSMF · 19:50

WN4473 by Southwest Airlines flies from San Diego (SAN) to Sacramento (SMF) for the Tue, Sep 22 departure.

Right nowLanded in Sacramento · today
19:33

arrived at SMF · 17 min early

Typical gate push+12 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−6 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~18 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-23
+12 gate · −17 arrival
09-22
−5 gate · −17 arrival
09-20
+8 gate · −6 arrival
09-19
+49 gate · +67 arrival
09-16
+12 gate · +33 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 · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SANSan DiegoHigh riskSAN delay board →
SMFSacramentoOn-time likelySMF delay board →
SAN→SMFevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
52%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.6%Chance of cancellation
+17 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SAN and SMF 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 San Diego to Sacramento flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3465departs 07:00
WN134departs 07:50
WN3470departs 07:50
WN938departs 07:50
WN4565departs 08:00
WN1034departs 08:10

If WN4473 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from San Diego to Sacramento on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SAN local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN4473 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4473 across the SAN and SMF boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 min early. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 3/5 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 WN4473 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
09-23SAN 18:10 18:22 (+12)SMF 19:50 19:33 (−17)
09-22SAN 18:10 18:05 (−5)SMF 19:50 19:33 (−17)
09-20SAN 20:35 20:43 (+8)SMF 22:20 22:14 (−6)
09-19SAN 17:20 18:09 (+49)SMF 19:00 20:07 (+67)
09-16SAN 18:10 18:22 (+12)SMF 19:50 20:23 (+33)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8889Q, N8932Q, N8693A, N8677A.

Board clocks recorded as SAN and SMF published them.

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