WN889Southwest Airlines · MDW → ABQ
live · 7m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN889 ChicagoMDW · 17:20 AlbuquerqueABQ · 19:15

WN889 by Southwest Airlines flies from Chicago (MDW) to Albuquerque (ABQ) for the Mon, Sep 7 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Albuquerque · off blocks 17:24 · 4 min late
18:55

estimated arrival at ABQ · local time · ~39 min from now

LivePosition · updated 7m ago
ABQ328 mi · ~39 min leftMDW
38,000 ftAltitudecruising
526 mphSpeed457 kt
242°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 1h 40m

Typical gate push+16 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+2 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~14 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-07
+4 gate · −37 arrival
09-04
+1 gate · −14 arrival
09-03
+27 gate · +22 arrival
08-31
+16 gate · +19 arrival
08-28
+25 gate · +2 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 +2 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
ABQAlbuquerqueOn-time likelyABQ delay board →
MDW→ABQevery 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
1.2%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MDW and ABQ 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 Chicago to Albuquerque flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4133departs 10:30
WN5019departs 16:35
WN596departs 18:00

If WN889 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Albuquerque on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MDW local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN889 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN889 across the MDW and ABQ boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~22 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 2/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN889 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
09-07MDW 17:20 17:24 (+4)ABQ 19:15 18:38 (−37)
09-04MDW 17:20 17:21 (+1)ABQ 19:15 19:01 (−14)
09-03MDW 17:20 17:47 (+27)ABQ 19:15 19:37 (+22)
08-31MDW 17:20 17:36 (+16)ABQ 19:15 19:34 (+19)
08-28MDW 17:20 17:45 (+25)ABQ 19:15 19:17 (+2)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8614M, N8503A, N8661A, N8555Z.

Board clocks recorded as MDW and ABQ published them.

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