WN865Southwest Airlines · SNA → DEN
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN865 Santa AnaSNA · 13:50 DenverDEN · 17:15

WN865 by Southwest Airlines flies from Santa Ana (SNA) to Denver (DEN) for the Tue, Sep 22 departure.

Right nowEn route to Denver · off blocks 14:06 · 16 min late
En route

en route from SNA to DEN

En routeWN865 · position estimated
SNASanta AnaDENDenver
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 14:06.

Typical gate push+20 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−9 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~29 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
09-22
+16 gate · −18 arrival
09-21
+16 gate · −18 arrival
09-18
+49 gate · +21 arrival
09-17
+44 gate · +16 arrival
09-14
+20 gate · −9 arrival
09-11
+12 gate · −14 arrival
09-10
−9 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 −9 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SNASanta AnaOn-time likelySNA delay board →
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
SNA→DENevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.4%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at SNA 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. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

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 Santa Ana to Denver flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4638departs 07:45
WN125departs 09:30
WN4135departs 10:05
WN193departs 11:05
WN4570departs 13:30
WN3759departs 15:20

If WN865 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Santa Ana to Denver on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SNA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN865 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN865 across the SNA and DEN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~9 min early. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 5/6 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 WN865 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
09-22SNA 13:50 14:06 (+16)DEN 17:15 16:57 (−18)
09-21SNA 13:50 14:06 (+16)DEN 17:15 16:57 (−18)
09-18SNA 13:50 14:39 (+49)DEN 17:15 17:36 (+21)
09-17SNA 13:50 14:34 (+44)DEN 17:15 17:31 (+16)
09-14SNA 13:50 14:10 (+20)DEN 17:15 17:06 (−9)
09-11SNA 13:50 14:02 (+12)DEN 17:15 17:01 (−14)
09-10SNA DEN 17:15 17:06 (−9)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8800L, N8842L, N1805U, N8971L.

Board clocks recorded as SNA and DEN published them.

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