WN4990Southwest Airlines · DAL → ATL
live · 3h ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4990 DallasDAL · 18:10 AtlantaATL · 21:10

WN4990 by Southwest Airlines flies from Dallas (DAL) to Atlanta (ATL).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
18:10

scheduled from DAL

Typical gate push+50 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+24 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~26 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+88+175+263 min
08-19
+5 gate · −21 arrival
08-18
+50 gate · +24 arrival
08-12
+12 gate · −7 arrival
08-11
+263 gate · +237 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
DALDallasOn-time likelyDAL delay board →
ATLAtlantaOn-time likelyATL delay board →
DAL→ATLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.7%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DAL and ATL 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 Dallas to Atlanta flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1048departs 06:30
WN4382departs 07:45
WN4860departs 08:10
WN1704departs 10:50
WN1278departs 12:25
WN687departs 12:30

If WN4990 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas to Atlanta on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DAL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN4990 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4990 across the DAL and ATL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~28 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 2/4 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 WN4990 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
08-19DAL 18:10 18:15 (+5)ATL 21:10 20:49 (−21)
08-18DAL 18:10 19:00 (+50)ATL 21:10 21:34 (+24)
08-12DAL 18:10 18:22 (+12)ATL 21:10 21:03 (−7)
08-11DAL 18:10 22:33 (+263)ATL 21:10 01:07 (+237)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N929WN, N437WN, N294WN, N8902Q.

Board clocks recorded as DAL and ATL published them.

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