WN5097 BuffaloBUF · 15:30 HoustonHOU · 18:10
WN5097 by Southwest Airlines flies from Buffalo (BUF) to Houston (HOU).
scheduled from BUF
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at BUF and HOU 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.
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When it flies
scheduled departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
How WN5097 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN5097 across the BUF and HOU boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: left a little late (~9 min) but landed about 34 min early. Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN5097 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: N8577Z.
Board clocks recorded as BUF and HOU published them.
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Pro Flight Search — WN5097 Buffalo to Houston on-time performance, measured from the BUF and HOU airport boards.
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