WN8026Southwest Airlines · MDW → IAD
live · 33m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN8026 ChicagoMDW · 06:45 WashingtonIAD · 09:03

WN8026 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Washington (IAD).

Right nowNext departure Wednesday Operates Wed
06:45

scheduled from MDW

The route today

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Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.8%Chance of cancellation
+7 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at MDW and IAD 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.

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Tomorrow at Chicago

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High10°Clikely 8°C to 11°C
Low1°Clikely 0°C to 3°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Washington

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High15°Clikely 13°C to 16°C
Low7°Clikely 5°C to 9°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

How WN8026 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN8026 across the MDW and IAD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: landed +38 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN8026 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
10-28MDW 06:45 07:07 (+22)IAD 09:03 09:33 (+30)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8523W.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and IAD published them.

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