WN4959Southwest Airlines · ICT → DEN
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4959 WichitaICT · 07:40 DenverDEN · 08:10

WN4959 by Southwest Airlines flies from Wichita (ICT) to Denver (DEN) for the Tue, Aug 18 departure.

Right nowLanded in Denver · today
07:46

arrived at DEN · 24 min early

⚖ WN4959 typically leaves +11 and lands −17. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+11 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−17 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~28 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
08-18
+3 gate · −24 arrival
08-16
−1 gate · −29 arrival
08-15
+12 gate · −15 arrival
08-12
+11 gate · −17 arrival
08-11
+1 gate · −25 arrival
08-09
+0 gate · −26 arrival
08-08
+18 gate · −8 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 −17 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ICTWichitaOn-time likelyICT delay board →
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
ICT→DENevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
49%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.0%Chance of cancellation
+16 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ICT and DEN 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 →

When it flies

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

Other Wichita to Denver flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN198departs 07:00
WN4141departs 14:00
WN1282departs 17:25
WN672departs 19:20

If WN4959 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Wichita to Denver on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ICT local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN4959 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4959 across the ICT and DEN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min early. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 8/8 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 WN4959 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
08-18ICT 07:40 07:43 (+3)DEN 08:10 07:46 (−24)
08-16ICT 07:20 07:19 (−1)DEN 07:50 07:21 (−29)
08-15ICT 07:40 07:52 (+12)DEN 08:10 07:55 (−15)
08-12ICT 07:40 07:51 (+11)DEN 08:10 07:53 (−17)
08-11ICT 07:40 07:41 (+1)DEN 08:10 07:45 (−25)
08-09ICT 07:20 (+0)DEN 07:50 07:24 (−26)
08-08ICT 07:40 07:58 (+18)DEN 08:10 08:02 (−8)
08-05ICT 07:40 08:06 (+26)DEN 08:10 08:12 (+2)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N277WN, N940WN, N446WN, N439WN.

Board clocks recorded as ICT and DEN published them.

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