WN4997 Los AngelesLAX · 14:00 San FranciscoSFO · 15:20
WN4997 by Southwest Airlines flies from Los Angeles (LAX) to San Francisco (SFO).
scheduled from LAX
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at LAX and SFO are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. 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 Los Angeles
ForecastWed 4 Nov, local date
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 San Francisco
ForecastWed 4 Nov, local date
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 departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
Other Los Angeles to San Francisco flights today
same route · Southwest AirlinesIf WN4997 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Los Angeles to San Francisco on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LAX 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 WN4997 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4997 across the LAX and SFO boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: landed +16 min. Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN4997 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.
How this operation is measured
Board log
scheduled → actual, per operationAircraft
Recent tails: N8630B.
Board clocks recorded as LAX and SFO published them.
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Pro Flight Search: WN4997 Los Angeles to San Francisco on-time performance, measured from the LAX and SFO airport boards.
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