WN486Southwest Airlines · BNA → BOS
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN486 NashvilleBNA · 06:05 BostonBOS · 09:35

WN486 by Southwest Airlines flies from Nashville (BNA) to Boston (BOS).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
06:05

scheduled from BNA

Typical gate push+13 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−10 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~23 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-28
+20 gate · −13 arrival
10-27
+13 gate · −10 arrival
10-26
+17 gate · +9 arrival
10-23
+12 gate · +3 arrival
10-22
+12 gate · −11 arrival
10-21
+4 gate · −22 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 −10 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BNANashvilleOn-time likelyBNA delay board →
BOSBostonOn-time likelyBOS delay board →
BNA→BOSevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.2%Chance of cancellation
+7 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at BNA and BOS 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Nashville to Boston with Southwest Airlines · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
19%0.8× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 4 departures a day on this route with this airline. · 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 Nashville to Boston flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3940departs 06:25
WN3828departs 10:10
WN4151departs 10:15
WN4999departs 10:15
WN488departs 13:00
WN2164departs 13:15

If WN486 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Nashville to Boston on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BNA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN486 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN486 across the BNA and BOS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 3/3 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 WN486 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
10-28BNA 06:05 06:25 (+20)BOS 09:35 09:22 (−13)
10-27BNA 06:05 06:18 (+13)BOS 09:35 09:25 (−10)
10-26BNA 06:40 06:57 (+17)BOS 10:10 10:19 (+9)
10-23BNA 06:40 06:52 (+12)BOS 10:10 10:13 (+3)
10-22BNA 06:40 06:52 (+12)BOS 10:10 09:59 (−11)
10-21BNA 06:05 06:09 (+4)BOS 09:35 09:13 (−22)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8670A, N566WN, N201LV, N914WN.

Board clocks recorded as BNA and BOS published them.

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