WN4588Southwest Airlines · BWI → ALB
updated 1h ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4588 BaltimoreBWI · 22:25 AlbanyALB · 23:45

WN4588 by Southwest Airlines flies from Baltimore (BWI) to Albany (ALB).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
21:00

scheduled from BWI

⚖ WN4588 typically leaves +26 and lands −1. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+26 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−1 minmedian over 14 operations
Wins back in air~27 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 14tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-01
+25 gate · +8 arrival
10-30
+85 gate · +56 arrival
10-29
+6 gate · −21 arrival
10-28
+29 gate · −2 arrival
10-27
+21 gate · −8 arrival
10-26
+24 gate · −3 arrival
10-25
+25 gate · +8 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 −1 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BWIBaltimoreOn-time likelyBWI delay board →
ALBAlbanyOn-time likelyALB delay board →
BWI→ALBevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.6%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at BWI and ALB are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. 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

Baltimore to Albany with Southwest Airlines · Mon 2 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
5.9%0.8× usual

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

Other Baltimore to Albany flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2345departs 06:30
WN555departs 06:35
WN938departs 07:00
WN1695departs 07:30
WN939departs 10:35
WN649departs 10:40

If WN4588 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Baltimore to Albany on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BWI 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 WN4588 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4588 across the BWI and ALB boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 11/13 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 WN4588 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
11-01BWI 22:25 22:50 (+25)ALB 23:45 23:53 (+8)
10-30BWI 22:35 00:00 (+85)ALB 23:55 00:51 (+56)
10-29BWI 22:35 22:41 (+6)ALB 23:55 23:34 (−21)
10-28BWI 21:00 21:29 (+29)ALB 22:20 22:18 (−2)
10-27BWI 21:00 21:21 (+21)ALB 22:20 22:12 (−8)
10-26BWI 22:35 22:59 (+24)ALB 23:55 23:52 (−3)
10-25BWI 22:25 22:50 (+25)ALB 23:45 23:53 (+8)
10-24BWI 20:25 20:52 (+27)ALB 21:45 21:41 (−4)
10-23BWI 22:35 00:44 (+129)ALB 23:55 01:32 (+97)
10-22BWI 22:35 22:58 (+23)ALB 23:55 23:54 (−1)
10-21BWI 21:00 21:47 (+47)ALB 22:20 21:50 (−30)
10-20BWI 21:00 21:19 (+19)ALB 22:20 22:15 (−5)
10-19BWI 22:35 23:01 (+26)ALB 23:55 23:56 (+1)
10-18BWI 22:25 22:54 (+29)ALB 23:45 23:46 (+1)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N953WN, N240WN, N8743K, N8811L.

Board clocks recorded as BWI and ALB published them.

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