WN4829Southwest Airlines · MCI → MDW
live · 11m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4829 Kansas CityMCI · 10:20 ChicagoMDW · 11:45

WN4829 by Southwest Airlines flies from Kansas City (MCI) to Chicago (MDW) for the Tue, Sep 8 departure.

Right nowLanded in Chicago · today
11:52

arrived at MDW · 7 min late

Typical gate push+13 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+7 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~6 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
09-08
+13 gate · +7 arrival
09-06
−7 gate · −16 arrival
09-05
+42 gate · +39 arrival
09-02
−5 gate

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
MCIKansas CityOn-time likelyMCI delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
MCI→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
47%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.2%Chance of cancellation
+13 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MCI 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 Kansas City to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2139departs 05:10
WN2681departs 05:35
WN2522departs 06:15
WN3473departs 06:20
WN759departs 07:50
WN4630departs 08:25

If WN4829 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Kansas City to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MCI local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN4829 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4829 across the MCI and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~7 min late. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 2/3 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN4829 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
09-08MCI 10:20 10:33 (+13)MDW 11:45 11:52 (+7)
09-06MCI 11:05 10:58 (−7)MDW 12:30 12:14 (−16)
09-05MCI 12:40 13:22 (+42)MDW 14:05 14:44 (+39)
09-02MCI 10:20 10:15 (−5)MDW

Board clocks recorded as MCI and MDW published them.

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