WN4617Southwest Airlines · RDU → HOU
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4617 Raleigh/DurhamRDU · 17:25 HoustonHOU · 19:30

WN4617 by Southwest Airlines flies from Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to Houston (HOU) for the Wed, Nov 11 departure.

Right nowExpected in Houston · today
19:30

arrival expected at HOU · on schedule

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-11
+9 gate
11-10
+9 gate · +25 arrival
11-09
+45 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
RDURaleigh/DurhamOn-time likelyRDU delay board →
HOUHoustonHigh riskHOU delay board →
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Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.5%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at RDU and HOU 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 at Raleigh/Durham

Forecast

Thu 12 Nov, local date

High21°Clikely 18°C to 23°C
Low9°Clikely 7°C to 12°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Houston

Forecast

Thu 12 Nov, local date

High25°Clikely 23°C to 27°C
Low15°Clikely 13°C to 17°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

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

Other Raleigh/Durham to Houston flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3668departs 05:10
WN3727departs 11:45
WN3914departs 12:00

If WN4617 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Raleigh/Durham to Houston on the same day, with scheduled departure times in RDU 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 WN4617 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4617 across the RDU and HOU boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +35 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN4617 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
11-11RDU 17:25 17:34 (+9)HOU 19:30
11-10RDU 17:25 17:34 (+9)HOU 19:30 19:55 (+25)
11-09RDU HOU 19:50 20:35 (+45)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8524Z.

Board clocks recorded as RDU and HOU published them.

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