WN8503Southwest Airlines · MCI → MDW
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN8503 Kansas CityMCI · 08:10 ChicagoMDW · 09:25

WN8503 by Southwest Airlines flies from Kansas City (MCI) to Chicago (MDW) for the Tue, Oct 27 departure.

Right nowLanded in Chicago · today
09:25

arrived at MDW · on schedule

Typical gate push+1 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 1 operations
Wins back in air~1 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

The route today

live boards
MCIKansas CityOn-time likelyMCI delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
MCI→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.8%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

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

Other Kansas City to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2604departs 00:00
WN3725departs 00:00
WN4678departs 05:25
WN2642departs 05:30
WN4850departs 07:25
WN712departs 07:25

If WN8503 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Kansas City to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MCI local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN8503 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN8503 across the MCI and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: landed +0 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN8503 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-27MCI 08:10 08:11 (+1)MDW 09:25 (+0)

Board clocks recorded as MCI and MDW published them.

Planning around WN8503? Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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