WN509Southwest Airlines · ABQ → DEN
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN509 AlbuquerqueABQ · 10:50 DenverDEN · 12:10

WN509 by Southwest Airlines flies from Albuquerque (ABQ) to Denver (DEN) for the Wed, Sep 23 departure.

Right nowExpected in Denver · On time
12:10

arrival expected at DEN · on schedule

Typical gate push+20 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+7 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~13 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+143+286+429 min
09-23
+20 gate
09-22
+20 gate · +5 arrival
09-21
+29 gate · +7 arrival
09-20
+8 gate · −13 arrival
09-18
+429 gate · +403 arrival
09-17
+39 gate · +17 arrival
09-16
+11 gate

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 +7 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ABQAlbuquerqueOn-time likelyABQ delay board →
DENDenverHigh riskDEN delay board →
ABQ→DENevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
46%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.8%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ABQ 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 Albuquerque to Denver flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4850departs 06:05
WN444departs 07:00
WN119departs 08:00
WN302departs 08:50
WN753departs 11:15
WN1318departs 12:05

If WN509 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Albuquerque to Denver on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ABQ local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN509 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN509 across the ABQ and DEN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~7 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 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 WN509 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
09-23ABQ 10:50 11:10 (+20)DEN 12:10
09-22ABQ 10:50 11:10 (+20)DEN 12:10 12:15 (+5)
09-21ABQ 15:35 16:04 (+29)DEN 17:00 17:07 (+7)
09-20ABQ 18:25 18:33 (+8)DEN 19:50 19:37 (−13)
09-18ABQ 15:35 22:44 (+429)DEN 17:00 23:43 (+403)
09-17ABQ 15:35 16:14 (+39)DEN 17:00 17:17 (+17)
09-16ABQ 10:50 11:01 (+11)DEN

Aircraft

Recent tails: N936WN, N8784Q, N561WN, N8812Q.

Board clocks recorded as ABQ and DEN published them.

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