WN4506Southwest Airlines · MDW → MEM
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4506 ChicagoMDW · 22:20 MemphisMEM · 23:55

WN4506 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Memphis (MEM).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
22:20

scheduled from MDW

Typical gate push+22 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+33 minmedian over 4 operations

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+45+89+134 min
10-30
+22 gate · +25 arrival
10-29
+47 gate · +41 arrival
10-26
+134 gate · +121 arrival
10-24
+8 gate · −15 arrival
10-23
+22 gate

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 +33 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
MEMMemphisOn-time likelyMEM delay board →
MDW→MEMevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
45%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.6%Chance of cancellation
+19 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by MEM (Memphis), 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 on this route

Forecast

Chicago to Memphis with Southwest Airlines · Mon 2 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
10%0.9× usual

Forecast weather: 73% chance of rain at Chicago; 97% chance of rain at Memphis

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

Other Chicago to Memphis flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN558departs 09:55
WN1862departs 10:10
WN1786departs 10:35
WN1673departs 11:00
WN3164departs 11:00
WN3231departs 16:10

If WN4506 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Memphis 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 WN4506 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4506 across the MDW and MEM boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~82 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 1/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN4506 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 22:20 22:42 (+22)MEM 23:55 00:20 (+25)
10-29MDW 22:20 23:07 (+47)MEM 23:55 00:36 (+41)
10-26MDW 22:20 00:34 (+134)MEM 23:55 01:56 (+121)
10-24MDW 19:30 19:38 (+8)MEM 21:10 20:55 (−15)
10-23MDW 22:20 22:42 (+22)MEM

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8931L, N8910Q, N8529Z.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and MEM published them.

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