WN4850Southwest Airlines · MCI → MDW
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4850 Kansas CityMCI · 14:40 ChicagoMDW · 08:50

WN4850 by Southwest Airlines flies from Kansas City (MCI) to Chicago (MDW).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
18:15

scheduled from MCI

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-11
+44 gate
10-30
−4 gate · −14 arrival
10-29
−4 gate · +7 arrival
10-28
+44 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
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.2%Chance of cancellation
+6 minTypical airport delay in this weather

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. These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow at MCI

Forecast

Thu 12 Nov, local date

High9°Clikely 5°C to 13°C
Low3°Clikely 1°C to 6°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at MDW

Forecast

Thu 12 Nov, local date

High9°Clikely 7°C to 12°C
Low5°Clikely 2°C to 7°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

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 Kansas City to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1430departs 00:00
WN2139departs 00:00
WN4678departs 05:25
WN2690departs 05:35
WN1261departs 08:00
WN2112departs 09:00

If WN4850 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 that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How WN4850 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4850 across the MCI and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 2 confirmed landings · 2/2 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 WN4850 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
11-11MCI 14:40 15:24 (+44)MDW
10-30MCI 07:25 07:21 (−4)MDW 08:50 08:36 (−14)
10-29MCI 07:25 07:21 (−4)MDW 08:50 08:57 (+7)
10-28MCI 14:40 15:24 (+44)MDW

Board clocks recorded as MCI and MDW published them.

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