WN565Southwest Airlines · MDW → ICT
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN565 ChicagoMDW · 20:45 WichitaICT · 22:40

WN565 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Wichita (ICT) for the Thu, Sep 10 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate A11 · as of 10:38
20:45

departs MDW · on schedule

Typical gate push+106 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+88 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~18 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+39+79+118 min
09-10
+102 arrival
09-07
+9 gate · −20 arrival
09-04
+51 gate · +34 arrival
09-03
+118 gate · +102 arrival
08-31
+106 gate · +88 arrival

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 +88 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
ICTWichitaHigh riskICT delay board →
MDW→ICTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
46%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.7%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MDW and ICT 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. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

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 Chicago to Wichita flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4874departs 10:05
WN1685departs 10:10
WN4960departs 20:35

If WN565 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Wichita on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MDW local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN565 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN565 across the MDW and ICT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~91 min late. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 1/5 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 WN565 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
09-10MDW 20:45ICT 22:40 00:22 (+102)
09-07MDW 20:45 20:54 (+9)ICT 22:40 22:20 (−20)
09-04MDW 20:45 21:36 (+51)ICT 22:40 23:14 (+34)
09-03MDW 20:45 22:43 (+118)ICT 22:40 00:22 (+102)
08-31MDW 20:45 22:31 (+106)ICT 22:35 00:03 (+88)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8312C, N8974K, N8826Q, N8767M.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and ICT published them.

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