WN4482Southwest Airlines · LGB → SMF
live · 6h ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4482 Long BeachLGB · 07:25 SacramentoSMF · 08:45

WN4482 by Southwest Airlines flies from Long Beach (LGB) to Sacramento (SMF) for the Wed, Sep 16 departure.

Right nowLanded in Sacramento · today
08:27

arrived at SMF · 18 min early

Typical gate push+3 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−17 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~20 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-16
+0 gate · −18 arrival
09-15
+3 gate · −12 arrival
09-09
+6 gate · −17 arrival
09-08
+3 gate · −21 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
LGBLong BeachOn-time likelyLGB delay board →
SMFSacramentoOn-time likelySMF delay board →
LGB→SMFevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.2%Chance of cancellation
+5 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at LGB 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. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

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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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Long Beach to Sacramento flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3088departs 06:50
WN2595departs 07:20
WN1663departs 08:45
WN1323departs 10:00
WN2345departs 10:05
WN2720departs 13:30

If WN4482 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Long Beach to Sacramento on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LGB local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN4482 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4482 across the LGB and SMF boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~14 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 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 WN4482 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
09-16LGB 07:25 (+0)SMF 08:45 08:27 (−18)
09-15LGB 07:25 07:28 (+3)SMF 08:45 08:33 (−12)
09-09LGB 07:25 07:31 (+6)SMF 08:45 08:28 (−17)
09-08LGB 07:25 07:28 (+3)SMF 08:45 08:24 (−21)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8970Q, N8847Q, N8629A.

Board clocks recorded as LGB and SMF published them.

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