WN8516 Kansas CityMCI · 00:00 DallasDAL
WN8516 by Southwest Airlines flies from Kansas City (MCI) to Dallas (DAL).
scheduled from MCI
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at MCI and DAL 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 departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
Other Kansas City to Dallas flights today
same route · Southwest AirlinesIf WN8516 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Kansas City to Dallas 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 WN8516 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN8516 across the MCI and DAL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: departed -26 min. Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN8516 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.
How this operation is measured
Board log
scheduled → actual, per operationBoard clocks recorded as MCI and DAL published them.
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Pro Flight Search — WN8516 Kansas City to Dallas on-time performance, measured from the MCI and DAL airport boards.
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