WN478Southwest Airlines · DAL → MKE
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN478 DallasDAL · 10:25 MilwaukeeMKE · 11:25

WN478 by Southwest Airlines flies from Dallas (DAL) to Milwaukee (MKE).

Same number through DAL → DEN → MKE

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
08:40

scheduled from DAL

Typical gate push+27 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-07
+10 gate
09-04
+27 gate
09-03
+4 gate
08-31
+11 gate
08-28
+27 gate
08-27
+28 gate

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

0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DALDallasModerate riskDAL delay board →
MKEMilwaukeeOn-time likelyMKE delay board →
DAL→MKEevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DAL and MKE 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
061422
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Dallas to Milwaukee flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1269departs 07:10
WN1148departs 08:00
WN4617departs 08:15
WN1270departs 08:50
WN762departs 09:35
WN4037departs 10:45

If WN478 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas to Milwaukee on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DAL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN478 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN478 across the DAL and MKE boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~9 min late. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 6/6 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 WN478 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
09-07DAL 10:25 10:35 (+10)MKE
09-04DAL 10:25 10:52 (+27)MKE
09-03DAL 10:25 10:29 (+4)MKE
08-31DAL 10:25 10:36 (+11)MKE
08-28DAL 10:25 10:52 (+27)MKE
08-27DAL 10:25 10:53 (+28)MKE

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8735L, N8936Q, N8523W, N8740A.

Board clocks recorded as DAL and MKE published them.

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