WN2281 DAL → ORD

Southwest Airlines · Dallas, TX to Chicago, IL · 57 flights observed, 2025-08-05 to 2025-10-01 · 798 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 89% on-time on Wednesdays vs. 43% on Sundays.

WN2281 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for DAL → ORD, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
68%
Median delay
+6 min
90th percentile
+90 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How often is WN2281 on time?

Across 57 flights on DAL → ORD from 2025-08-05 to 2025-10-01, WN2281 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 68% of the time. The median arrival delay was +6 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +90 min or later. 2% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time3868%
16-30 min24%
31-60 min814%
61-120 min59%
2+ hrs35%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-082560%+33 min
2025-093073%+9 min
2025-101100%-14 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon771%
Tue978%
Wed989%
Thu863%
Fri863%
Sat863%
Sun743%

Based on US Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading live conditions and full charts…