WN4578Southwest Airlines · DEN → TUS
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4578 DenverDEN · 20:55 TucsonTUS · 22:00

WN4578 by Southwest Airlines flies from Denver (DEN) to Tucson (TUS).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
20:55

scheduled from DEN

⚖ WN4578 typically leaves +31 and lands +19. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+31 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+19 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~12 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+62+125+187 min
09-19
+116 gate · +108 arrival
09-18
+116 gate · +108 arrival
09-17
+46 gate · +37 arrival
09-16
+31 gate · +9 arrival
09-15
+31 gate · +19 arrival
09-14
+187 gate · +174 arrival
09-13
+21 gate · +6 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 +19 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DENDenverHigh riskDEN delay board →
TUSTucsonOn-time likelyTUS delay board →
DEN→TUSevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.7%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DEN and TUS 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 Denver to Tucson flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN480departs 08:50
WN742departs 08:50
WN1708departs 09:00
WN4359departs 09:05
WN1949departs 14:10
WN403departs 16:05

If WN4578 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Denver to Tucson on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DEN local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN4578 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4578 across the DEN and TUS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~19 min late. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 4/9 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 WN4578 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
09-19DEN 20:55 22:51 (+116)TUS 22:00 23:48 (+108)
09-18DEN 20:55 22:51 (+116)TUS 22:00 23:48 (+108)
09-17DEN 20:55 21:41 (+46)TUS 22:00 22:37 (+37)
09-16DEN 20:55 21:26 (+31)TUS 22:00 22:09 (+9)
09-15DEN 20:55 21:26 (+31)TUS 22:00 22:19 (+19)
09-14DEN 20:55 00:02 (+187)TUS 22:00 00:54 (+174)
09-13DEN 20:55 21:16 (+21)TUS 22:00 22:06 (+6)
09-11DEN 20:55 20:57 (+2)TUS 22:00 21:47 (−13)
09-10DEN 20:55 21:05 (+10)TUS 22:00 21:47 (−13)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N9007K, N8663A, N8957Q, N8647A.

Board clocks recorded as DEN and TUS published them.

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