WN4897Southwest Airlines · MCO → MCI
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4897 OrlandoMCO · 18:05 Kansas CityMCI · 20:10

WN4897 by Southwest Airlines flies from Orlando (MCO) to Kansas City (MCI) for the Fri, Oct 30 departure.

Right nowOn Time · gate 84
18:05

departs MCO · on schedule

Wins back in air~9 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

The route today

live boards
MCOOrlandoHigh riskMCO delay board →
MCIKansas CityHigh riskMCI delay board →
MCO→MCIevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.1%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by MCI (Kansas City), currently flying VFR (visual). 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 on this route

Forecast

Orlando to Kansas City with Southwest Airlines · Sat 31 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.3%0.6× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
9.4%1.0× usual

Forecast weather: 77% chance of rain at Kansas City

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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Orlando to Kansas City flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2766departs 06:40
WN4117departs 06:40
WN3969departs 07:30
WN4142departs 08:05
WN3622departs 09:25
WN2608departs 09:35

If WN4897 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Orlando to Kansas City on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MCO 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 WN4897 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4897 across the MCO and MCI boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +1 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN4897 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
10-29MCO 18:05 18:15 (+10)MCI 20:10 20:01 (−9)
10-26MCO MCI 20:10 20:21 (+11)

Board clocks recorded as MCO and MCI published them.

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