WN531 OmahaOMA · 18:20 ChicagoMDW · 19:45
WN531 by Southwest Airlines flies from Omaha (OMA) to Chicago (MDW).
scheduled from OMA
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at OMA 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 Omaha to Chicago flights today
same route · Southwest AirlinesIf WN531 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Omaha to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in OMA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →
How WN531 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN531 across the OMA and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: left a little late (~6 min) but landed about 8 min early. Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN531 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: N8942L.
Board clocks recorded as OMA and MDW published them.
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Pro Flight Search — WN531 Omaha to Chicago on-time performance, measured from the OMA and MDW airport boards.
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