WN489Southwest Airlines · STL → MSP
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN489 St LouisSTL · 21:50 MinneapolisMSP · 23:25

WN489 by Southwest Airlines flies from St Louis (STL) to Minneapolis (MSP).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
18:05

scheduled from STL

The route today

live boards
STLSt LouisOn-time likelySTL delay board →
MSPMinneapolisOn-time likelyMSP delay board →
STL→MSPevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
31%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.8%Chance of cancellation
+7 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at STL and MSP 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 STL

Forecast

Thu 12 Nov, local date

High11°Clikely 9°C to 14°C
Low6°Clikely 4°C to 8°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 MSP

Forecast

Thu 12 Nov, local date

High5°Clikely 4°C to 7°C
Low1°Clikely −1°C to 3°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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other St Louis to Minneapolis flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4890departs 08:25
WN4122departs 14:55
WN4964departs 20:15

If WN489 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from St Louis to Minneapolis on the same day, with scheduled departure times in STL 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 WN489 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN489 across the STL and MSP boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: departed -2 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN489 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
10-30STL 21:50 21:57 (+7)MSP 23:25
10-29STL 21:50 22:14 (+24)MSP 23:25

Aircraft

Recent tails: N964WN, N474WN.

Board clocks recorded as STL and MSP published them.

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