WN517 RichmondRIC · 18:00 ChicagoMDW · 19:00
WN517 by Southwest Airlines flies from Richmond (RIC) to Chicago (MDW).
scheduled from RIC
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at RIC and MDW 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 departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
Other Richmond to Chicago flights today
same route · Southwest AirlinesIf WN517 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Richmond to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in RIC local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →
How WN517 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN517 across the RIC and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: left heavily delayed (~65 min) but landed heavily delayed (~54 min). Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN517 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: N8571Z.
Board clocks recorded as RIC and MDW published them.
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Pro Flight Search — WN517 Richmond to Chicago on-time performance, measured from the RIC and MDW airport boards.
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