WN518Southwest Airlines · BNA → DEN
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN518 NashvilleBNA · 18:00 DenverDEN · 15:25

WN518 by Southwest Airlines flies from Nashville (BNA) to Denver (DEN).

Same number through BNA → CVG → DEN

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
18:05

scheduled from BNA

Typical gate push+14 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-10
+14 gate
09-30
+16 gate
09-29
+11 gate
09-26
+14 gate

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
BNANashvilleModerate riskBNA delay board →
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
BNA→DENevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.5%Chance of cancellation
+7 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at BNA 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
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Nashville to Denver flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN482departs 06:55
WN4115departs 07:45
WN3414departs 08:00
WN663departs 08:00
WN267departs 08:10
WN940departs 08:10

If WN518 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Nashville to Denver on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BNA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN518 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN518 across the BNA and DEN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~14 min late. Based on 4 confirmed departures · 3/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN518 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
10-10BNA 18:00 18:14 (+14)DEN
09-30BNA 20:45 21:01 (+16)DEN
09-29BNA 20:45 20:56 (+11)DEN
09-26BNA 18:00 18:14 (+14)DEN

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8581Z, N8837Q, N932WN.

Board clocks recorded as BNA and DEN published them.

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