WN850Southwest Airlines · BHM → DEN
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN850 BirminghamBHM · 06:25 DenverDEN · 08:15

WN850 by Southwest Airlines flies from Birmingham (BHM) to Denver (DEN) for the Wed, Sep 16 departure.

Right nowLanded in Denver · today
08:01

arrived at DEN · 14 min early

Typical gate push+8 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−11 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~19 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-16
+11 gate · −14 arrival
09-15
+9 gate · −11 arrival
09-13
+8 gate · −2 arrival
09-12
+0 gate · −11 arrival
09-09
+46 gate · +19 arrival
09-08
+8 gate · −16 arrival
09-05
+5 gate · −12 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 −11 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BHMBirminghamOn-time likelyBHM delay board →
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
BHM→DENevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
46%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.6%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

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

Other Birmingham to Denver flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1651departs 05:20
WN434departs 17:45

If WN850 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Birmingham to Denver on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BHM local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN850 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN850 across the BHM and DEN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~11 min early. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 6/7 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 WN850 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
09-16BHM 06:25 06:36 (+11)DEN 08:15 08:01 (−14)
09-15BHM 06:25 06:34 (+9)DEN 08:15 08:04 (−11)
09-13BHM 05:45 05:53 (+8)DEN 07:35 07:33 (−2)
09-12BHM 06:15 (+0)DEN 08:05 07:54 (−11)
09-09BHM 06:25 07:11 (+46)DEN 08:15 08:34 (+19)
09-08BHM 06:25 06:33 (+8)DEN 08:15 07:59 (−16)
09-05BHM 06:15 06:20 (+5)DEN 08:05 07:53 (−12)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8311Q, N8800L, N8683D, N8749Q.

Board clocks recorded as BHM and DEN published them.

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