WN481Southwest Airlines · BWI → HOU
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN481 BaltimoreBWI · 07:10 HoustonHOU · 09:25

WN481 by Southwest Airlines flies from Baltimore (BWI) to Houston (HOU) for the Sat, Aug 22 departure.

Right nowEn route to Houston · off blocks 07:21 · 11 min late
En route

en route from BWI to HOU

En routeWN481 · position estimated
BWIBaltimoreHOUHouston
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 07:21 · typical taxi-out at BWI ≈ 6 min.

Typical gate push+14 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−15 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~29 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
08-22
+11 gate · −12 arrival
08-21
+11 gate · −12 arrival
08-20
+13 gate · −16 arrival
08-17
+14 gate · −20 arrival
08-14
+19 gate · −15 arrival
08-13
+17 gate · −18 arrival
08-10
+22 gate · −11 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 −15 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BWIBaltimoreModerate riskBWI delay board →
HOUHoustonOn-time likelyHOU delay board →
BWI→HOUevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.4%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at BWI and HOU 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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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Baltimore to Houston flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN318departs 06:55
WN951departs 07:45
WN115departs 08:00
WN4304departs 08:00
WN289departs 09:15
WN952departs 09:40

If WN481 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Baltimore to Houston on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BWI local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN481 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN481 across the BWI and HOU boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min early. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 7/7 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 WN481 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
08-22BWI 07:10 07:21 (+11)HOU 09:25 09:13 (−12)
08-21BWI 07:10 07:21 (+11)HOU 09:25 09:13 (−12)
08-20BWI 07:10 07:23 (+13)HOU 09:25 09:09 (−16)
08-17BWI 07:10 07:24 (+14)HOU 09:25 09:05 (−20)
08-14BWI 07:10 07:29 (+19)HOU 09:25 09:10 (−15)
08-13BWI 07:10 07:27 (+17)HOU 09:25 09:07 (−18)
08-10BWI 07:10 07:32 (+22)HOU 09:25 09:14 (−11)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N9011H, N8901Q, N8667D, N8891Q.

Board clocks recorded as BWI and HOU published them.

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