WN4843Southwest Airlines · MDW → SFO
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4843 ChicagoMDW · 10:25 San FranciscoSFO · 12:55

WN4843 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to San Francisco (SFO) for the Tue, Sep 8 departure.

Right nowLanded in San Francisco · today
13:02

arrived at SFO · 7 min late

Typical gate push+6 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+27 minmedian over 3 operations

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-08
+6 gate · +7 arrival
09-05
+1 gate · +27 arrival
09-02
+60 gate · +64 arrival

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
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
SFOSan FranciscoOn-time likelySFO delay board →
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Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
58%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.5%Chance of cancellation
+23 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MDW and SFO 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 San Francisco flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3881departs 10:15
WN2454departs 15:55
WN4984departs 19:15
WN2893departs 21:10
WN454departs 21:10

If WN4843 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to San Francisco 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 WN4843 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4843 across the MDW and SFO boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: landed +27 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN4843 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
09-08MDW 10:25 10:31 (+6)SFO 12:55 13:02 (+7)
09-05MDW 10:30 10:31 (+1)SFO 13:00 13:27 (+27)
09-02MDW 10:25 11:25 (+60)SFO 12:55 13:59 (+64)

Board clocks recorded as MDW and SFO published them.

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