WN4503Southwest Airlines · SDF → MDW
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4503 LouisvilleSDF · 19:10 ChicagoMDW · 19:00

WN4503 by Southwest Airlines flies from Louisville (SDF) to Chicago (MDW) for the Tue, Sep 15 departure.

Right nowExpected in Chicago · today
19:00

arrival expected at MDW · on schedule

Typical gate push+29 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+2 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~27 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
09-14
+32 gate · +22 arrival
09-11
+18 gate · +2 arrival
09-10
+24 gate · +0 arrival
09-09
+29 gate · +13 arrival
09-08
−24 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 +2 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SDFLouisvilleOn-time likelySDF delay board →
MDWChicagoHigh riskMDW delay board →
SDF→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.0%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SDF and MDW 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 Louisville to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3522departs 08:45
WN3523departs 13:15
WN2386departs 14:15
WN704departs 14:45
WN4370departs 16:55
WN3575departs 19:25

If WN4503 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Louisville to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SDF local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN4503 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4503 across the SDF and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 4/5 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 WN4503 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
09-14SDF 19:10 19:42 (+32)MDW 19:25 19:47 (+22)
09-11SDF 19:10 19:28 (+18)MDW 19:25 19:27 (+2)
09-10SDF 19:10 19:34 (+24)MDW 19:25 (+0)
09-09SDF 18:45 19:14 (+29)MDW 19:00 19:13 (+13)
09-08SDF MDW 19:00 18:36 (−24)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8808Q, N1807U, N8529Z, N8915Q.

Board clocks recorded as SDF and MDW published them.

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