WN8 HoustonHOU · 08:00 ChicagoMDW · 09:10
WN8 by Southwest Airlines flies from Houston (HOU) to Chicago (MDW) for the Fri, Oct 30 departure.
Same number through HOU → DAL → MDW
arrived at MDW · 22 min early
Where the minutes go
last 3 operations · gate push → arrivalThe bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at HOU and MDW are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records 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 →
Tomorrow on this route
ForecastHouston to Dallas with Southwest Airlines · Sat 31 Oct, local date
- Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
- 12%2.2× usual
Forecast weather: 97% chance of rain at Houston
No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.
Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 11 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.
When it flies
scheduled departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
Other Houston to Chicago flights today
same route · Southwest AirlinesIf WN8 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Houston to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in HOU local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →
How WN8 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN8 across the HOU and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 within 15 min of schedule.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN8 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: N224WN, N447WN, N8844Q.
Board clocks recorded as HOU and MDW published them.
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Pro Flight Search: WN8 Houston to Chicago on-time performance, measured from the HOU and MDW airport boards.
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