WN8538Southwest Airlines · DEN → DSM
live · 56m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN8538 DenverDEN · 12:06 Des MoinesDSM

WN8538 by Southwest Airlines flies from Denver (DEN) to Des Moines (DSM) for the Sun, Nov 15 departure.

Right nowEn route to Des Moines · off blocks 12:03 · 3 min early
En route

en route from DEN to DSM

En routeWN8538 · position estimated
DENDenverDSMDes Moines
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 12:03 · typical taxi-out at DEN ≈ 7.1 min.

The route today

live boards
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
DSMDes MoinesOn-time likelyDSM delay board →
DEN→DSMevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.6%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at DEN and DSM 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 at Denver

Forecast

Mon 16 Nov, local date

High16°Clikely 13°C to 17°C
Low1°Clikely −1°C to 3°C
  • 25% chance of fog

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 Des Moines

Forecast

Mon 16 Nov, local date

High13°Clikely 12°C to 14°C
Low−2°Clikely −3°C to 0°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.

Other Denver to Des Moines flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1765departs 10:30
WN3984departs 10:40
WN3106departs 18:00

If WN8538 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Denver to Des Moines on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DEN 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 WN8538 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN8538 across the DEN and DSM boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: departed -3 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN8538 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
11-15DEN 12:06 12:03 (−3)DSM
11-14DEN 12:06 12:03 (−3)DSM

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8702L.

Board clocks recorded as DEN and DSM published them.

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