WN454Southwest Airlines · MDW → SFO
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WN454 ChicagoMDW · 21:10 San FranciscoSFO · 23:50

WN454 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to San Francisco (SFO).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
17:10

scheduled from MDW

Typical gate push+1 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−20 minmedian over 1 operations
Wins back in air~21 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
SFOSan FranciscoOn-time likelySFO delay board →
MDW→SFOevery 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
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+18 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MDW and SFO 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 Chicago to San Francisco flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4367departs 09:45
WN3881departs 10:15
WN4843departs 10:25
WN4327departs 19:05
WN4984departs 19:05
WN2199departs 21:30

If WN454 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to San Francisco on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MDW local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN454 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN454 across the MDW and SFO boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: left right on schedule but landed about 20 min early. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN454 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
09-28MDW 21:10 21:11 (+1)SFO 23:50 23:30 (−20)

Board clocks recorded as MDW and SFO published them.

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