WN496 BWI → SAN

Southwest Airlines · Baltimore, MD to San Diego, CA · 63 flights observed, 2025-11-02 to 2026-01-05 · 2,295 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 89% on-time on Tuesdays vs. 44% on Fridays.

WN496 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for BWI → SAN, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
69%
Median delay
+1 min
90th percentile
+50 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How often is WN496 on time?

Across 63 flights on BWI → SAN from 2025-11-02 to 2026-01-05, WN496 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 69% of the time. The median arrival delay was +1 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +50 min or later. 2% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time4269%
16-30 min813%
31-60 min58%
61-120 min58%
2+ hrs12%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-112774%+6 min
2025-123067%+15 min
2026-01450%+21 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1080%
Tue989%
Wed978%
Thu683%
Fri944%
Sat956%
Sun956%

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