WN985Southwest Airlines · STL → DEN
live · 4h ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN985 St LouisSTL · 16:05 DenverDEN · 17:20

WN985 by Southwest Airlines flies from St Louis (STL) to Denver (DEN).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
20:55

scheduled from STL

Typical gate push+33 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+12 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~21 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+35+70+105 min
08-18
+23 gate · −6 arrival
08-12
+105 gate · +86 arrival
08-11
+23 gate · −6 arrival
08-05
+33 gate · +12 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
STLSt LouisOn-time likelySTL delay board →
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
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Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
46%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.6%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at STL 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.

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 St Louis to Denver flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3826departs 06:25
WN3827departs 08:30
WN225departs 09:45
WN3828departs 12:45
WN3829departs 14:00
WN1678departs 14:15

If WN985 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from St Louis to Denver on the same day, with scheduled departure times in STL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN985 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN985 across the STL and DEN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 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 WN985 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
08-18STL 16:05 16:28 (+23)DEN 17:20 17:14 (−6)
08-12STL 16:05 17:50 (+105)DEN 17:20 18:46 (+86)
08-11STL 16:05 16:28 (+23)DEN 17:20 17:14 (−6)
08-05STL 16:05 16:38 (+33)DEN 17:20 17:32 (+12)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8524Z, N8882Q, N8814K.

Board clocks recorded as STL and DEN published them.

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