WN492Southwest Airlines · STL → OMA
updated 1h ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN492 St LouisSTL · 21:50 OmahaOMA · 23:10

WN492 by Southwest Airlines flies from St Louis (STL) to Omaha (OMA).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
10:55

scheduled from STL

Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−3 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~18 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-30
+20 gate · +2 arrival
10-29
+14 gate · −10 arrival
10-26
+14 gate · −12 arrival
10-23
+25 gate · −3 arrival
10-22
+15 gate · +26 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 −3 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
STLSt LouisOn-time likelySTL delay board →
OMAOmahaHigh riskOMA delay board →
STL→OMAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
45%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.6%Chance of cancellation
+13 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by STL (St Louis), currently flying MVFR (marginal 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 at St Louis

Forecast

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High16°Clikely 13°C to 19°C
Low9°Clikely 7°C to 11°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 Omaha

Forecast

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High11°Clikely 9°C to 14°C
Low7°Clikely 4°C to 9°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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T
F
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other St Louis to Omaha flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3286departs 08:25
WN4143departs 08:30
WN380departs 08:35
WN489departs 08:35
WN2175departs 10:00
WN3933departs 14:40

If WN492 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from St Louis to Omaha 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 WN492 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN492 across the STL and OMA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 4/5 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 WN492 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 22:10 (+20)OMA 23:10 23:12 (+2)
10-29STL 21:50 22:04 (+14)OMA 23:10 23:00 (−10)
10-26STL 21:50 22:04 (+14)OMA 23:10 22:58 (−12)
10-23STL 21:50 22:15 (+25)OMA 23:10 23:07 (−3)
10-22STL 21:50 22:05 (+15)OMA 23:10 23:36 (+26)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8915Q, N8551Q, N8957Q, N8921Q.

Board clocks recorded as STL and OMA published them.

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