WN4657Southwest Airlines · MDW → TPA
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4657 ChicagoMDW · 18:05 TampaTPA · 21:40

WN4657 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Tampa (TPA).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
13:55

scheduled from MDW

Typical gate push+46 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+49 minmedian over 5 operations

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
08-19
+46 gate · +49 arrival
08-18
+16 gate · −6 arrival
08-12
+46 gate · +49 arrival
08-11
+75 gate · +49 arrival
08-05
+36 gate · +9 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 +49 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoModerate riskMDW delay board →
TPATampaOn-time likelyTPA delay board →
MDW→TPAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
49%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.7%Chance of cancellation
+16 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MDW and TPA 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 Tampa flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN488departs 06:05
WN2368departs 06:50
WN345departs 07:05
WN600departs 07:30
WN1751departs 12:10
WN1432departs 12:45

If WN4657 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Tampa 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 WN4657 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4657 across the MDW and TPA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~50 min late. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 2/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN4657 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
08-19MDW 18:05 18:51 (+46)TPA 21:40 22:29 (+49)
08-18MDW 18:05 18:21 (+16)TPA 21:40 21:34 (−6)
08-12MDW 18:05 18:51 (+46)TPA 21:40 22:29 (+49)
08-11MDW 18:05 19:20 (+75)TPA 21:40 22:29 (+49)
08-05MDW 18:05 18:41 (+36)TPA 21:40 21:49 (+9)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8920Q, N9002W, N8967Q, N9007K.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and TPA published them.

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