WN778Southwest Airlines · DEN → MCI
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN778 DenverDEN · 08:40 Kansas CityMCI · 11:15

WN778 by Southwest Airlines flies from Denver (DEN) to Kansas City (MCI) for the Tue, Sep 8 departure.

Right nowLanded in Kansas City · today
11:02

arrived at MCI · 13 min early

Typical gate push−5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−13 minmedian over 2 operations
Wins back in air~8 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-08
−3 gate · −13 arrival
09-05
−5 gate · −18 arrival
09-02
−6 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
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
MCIKansas CityOn-time likelyMCI delay board →
DEN→MCIevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
47%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.6%Chance of cancellation
+13 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DEN and MCI 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 Kansas City flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1956departs 06:00
WN8500departs 06:00
WN1713departs 07:00
WN1371departs 07:50
WN2344departs 08:50
WN1547departs 11:00

If WN778 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Denver to Kansas City 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 WN778 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN778 across the DEN and MCI boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed -13 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN778 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 08:40 08:37 (−3)MCI 11:15 11:02 (−13)
09-05DEN 07:35 07:30 (−5)MCI 10:10 09:52 (−18)
09-02DEN 08:40 08:34 (−6)MCI

Aircraft

Recent tails: N7828A, N8848Q.

Board clocks recorded as DEN and MCI published them.

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