WN473Southwest Airlines · BDL → MDW
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN473 HartfordBDL · 08:00 ChicagoMDW · 09:20

WN473 by Southwest Airlines flies from Hartford (BDL) to Chicago (MDW).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
11:40

scheduled from BDL

Typical gate push+10 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+2 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~8 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+36+72+108 min
09-21
+4 gate · −13 arrival
09-18
+13 gate · +2 arrival
09-17
+107 gate · +108 arrival
09-14
+10 gate · +9 arrival
09-11
+7 gate · −11 arrival
09-10
+4 gate · −13 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 +2 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BDLHartfordOn-time likelyBDL delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
BDL→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
45%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.6%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at BDL and MDW 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 Hartford to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN423departs 07:45
WN512departs 11:20
WN875departs 12:45
WN1070departs 13:40
WN1339departs 15:50
WN425departs 17:55

If WN473 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Hartford to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BDL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN473 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN473 across the BDL and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 5/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN473 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
09-21BDL 08:00 08:04 (+4)MDW 09:20 09:07 (−13)
09-18BDL 08:00 08:13 (+13)MDW 09:20 09:22 (+2)
09-17BDL 08:00 09:47 (+107)MDW 09:20 11:08 (+108)
09-14BDL 08:00 08:10 (+10)MDW 09:20 09:29 (+9)
09-11BDL 08:00 08:07 (+7)MDW 09:20 09:09 (−11)
09-10BDL 08:00 08:04 (+4)MDW 09:20 09:07 (−13)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8503A, N8819L, N8933Q, N8977G.

Board clocks recorded as BDL and MDW published them.

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