WN4636Southwest Airlines · HOU → MSY
live · 1h ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4636 HoustonHOU · 18:20 New OrleansMSY · 19:30

WN4636 by Southwest Airlines flies from Houston (HOU) to New Orleans (MSY).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
18:20

scheduled from HOU

Typical gate push+23 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−1 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~24 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
08-12
+64 gate · +36 arrival
08-11
+19 gate · −9 arrival
08-05
+6 gate · −20 arrival
08-04
+23 gate · −1 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
HOUHoustonOn-time likelyHOU delay board →
MSYNew OrleansOn-time likelyMSY delay board →
HOU→MSYevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.8%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at HOU and MSY 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 Houston to New Orleans flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2920departs 06:05
WN1975departs 08:00
WN1974departs 08:25
WN4958departs 09:30
WN4486departs 11:25
WN1978departs 14:45

If WN4636 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Houston to New Orleans on the same day, with scheduled departure times in HOU local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN4636 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4636 across the HOU and MSY boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 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 WN4636 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
08-12HOU 18:20 19:24 (+64)MSY 19:30 20:06 (+36)
08-11HOU 18:25 18:44 (+19)MSY 19:35 19:26 (−9)
08-05HOU 18:20 18:26 (+6)MSY 19:30 19:10 (−20)
08-04HOU 18:20 18:43 (+23)MSY 19:30 19:29 (−1)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N7744A, N910WN, N476WN, N7715E.

Board clocks recorded as HOU and MSY published them.

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