WN2579 MDW → MSY

Southwest Airlines · Chicago, IL to New Orleans, LA · 35 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2025-08-04 · 825 mi

This flight runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 90% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 38% departing 3–6pm.

WN2579 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for MDW → MSY, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
54%
Median delay
+6 min
90th percentile
+75 min
Cancellation rate
0%

How often is WN2579 on time?

Across 35 flights on MDW → MSY from 2025-07-01 to 2025-08-04, WN2579 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 54% of the time. The median arrival delay was +6 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +75 min or later. 0% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1954%
16-30 min720%
31-60 min411%
61-120 min39%
2+ hrs26%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073155%+32 min
2025-08450%+24 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon540%
Tue580%
Wed5100%
Thu540%
Fri540%
Sat560%
Sun520%

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