WN685Southwest Airlines · DEN → CMH
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN685 DenverDEN · 11:00 ColumbusCMH · 15:45

WN685 by Southwest Airlines flies from Denver (DEN) to Columbus (CMH).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
15:30

scheduled from DEN

Typical gate push+8 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−3 minmedian over 1 operations
Wins back in air~11 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-08
+10 gate
09-07
+10 gate
09-04
+8 gate
09-03
+6 gate
08-31
+5 gate
08-28
−3 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 −3 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
CMHColumbusOn-time likelyCMH delay board →
DEN→CMHevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.4%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DEN and CMH 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Denver to Columbus flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1477departs 11:20
WN3502departs 11:30
WN3408departs 14:10
WN2132departs 14:35
WN200departs 17:55
WN241departs 19:30

If WN685 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Denver to Columbus on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DEN local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN685 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN685 across the DEN and CMH boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 1 confirmed landing · 1/1 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 WN685 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
09-08DEN 11:00 11:10 (+10)CMH 15:45
09-07DEN 11:00 11:10 (+10)CMH 15:45
09-04DEN 11:00 11:08 (+8)CMH 15:45
09-03DEN 11:00 11:06 (+6)CMH 15:45
08-31DEN 11:00 11:05 (+5)CMH 15:45
08-28DEN CMH 15:45 15:42 (−3)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8327A, N8789Q, N8641B, N8630B.

Board clocks recorded as DEN and CMH published them.

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