WN4911Southwest Airlines · BUF → MDW
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4911 BuffaloBUF · 08:40 ChicagoMDW · 09:15

WN4911 by Southwest Airlines flies from Buffalo (BUF) to Chicago (MDW).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
08:40

scheduled from BUF

Typical gate push+18 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+15 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~3 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+37+74+111 min
09-24
+17 gate · +4 arrival
09-23
+17 gate · +4 arrival
09-22
+30 gate · +21 arrival
09-19
+111 gate · +108 arrival
09-16
+18 gate · +15 arrival
09-15
+67 gate · +54 arrival
09-12
+4 gate · −16 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 +15 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BUFBuffaloOn-time likelyBUF delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
BUF→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.6%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at BUF and MDW 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. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

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 Buffalo to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3295departs 08:00
WN766departs 08:35
WN280departs 11:45
WN3991departs 16:35
WN3853departs 18:25
WN768departs 19:00

If WN4911 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Buffalo to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BUF local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN4911 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4911 across the BUF and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min late. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 4/7 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN4911 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
09-24BUF 08:40 08:57 (+17)MDW 09:15 09:19 (+4)
09-23BUF 08:40 08:57 (+17)MDW 09:15 09:19 (+4)
09-22BUF 08:40 09:10 (+30)MDW 09:15 09:36 (+21)
09-19BUF 07:50 09:41 (+111)MDW 08:25 10:13 (+108)
09-16BUF 08:40 08:58 (+18)MDW 09:15 09:30 (+15)
09-15BUF 08:40 09:47 (+67)MDW 09:15 10:09 (+54)
09-12BUF 07:50 07:54 (+4)MDW 08:25 08:09 (−16)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8822Q, N8538V, N8860S, N9007K.

Board clocks recorded as BUF and MDW published them.

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