WN734Southwest Airlines · AUS → MDW
live · 5m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN734 AustinAUS · 09:45 ChicagoMDW · 12:15

WN734 by Southwest Airlines flies from Austin (AUS) to Chicago (MDW) for the Thu, Sep 10 departure.

Right nowOn Time · gate 14
09:45

departs AUS · on schedule

Typical gate push+37 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+5 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~32 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-07
+37 gate · +1 arrival
09-04
+34 gate · −5 arrival
09-03
+37 gate · +5 arrival
08-31
+41 gate · +58 arrival

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
AUSAustinOn-time likelyAUS delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
AUS→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.4%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at AUS 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 departures
061422
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T
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T
F
S
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Austin to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1325departs 06:25
WN445departs 07:30
WN738departs 07:30
WN1165departs 09:15
WN1954departs 13:20
WN354departs 13:25

If WN734 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Austin to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in AUS local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN734 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN734 across the AUS and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 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 WN734 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
09-07AUS 09:45 10:22 (+37)MDW 12:15 12:16 (+1)
09-04AUS 09:45 10:19 (+34)MDW 12:15 12:10 (−5)
09-03AUS 09:45 10:22 (+37)MDW 12:15 12:20 (+5)
08-31AUS 09:45 10:26 (+41)MDW 12:15 13:13 (+58)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8949Q, N8839Q, N9023R, N8826Q.

Board clocks recorded as AUS and MDW published them.

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