WN171

WN171 (Southwest Airlines) is a multi-stop service on 27 routes, busiest Houston to St Louis. Of 689 departures recorded from October 2024 to June 2026, 87.4% left on time, according to the US BTS.

Recorded departures by month

All legs under this number combined; see the leg table.

The most recent periods18 periods
PeriodDepartures 2025Departures 2026Change vs last year
January3031▲ 3.3%
February2831▲ 10.7%
March5327▼ 49.1%
April3929▼ 25.6%
May3431▼ 8.8%
June593▼ 94.9%
July58––
August48––
September43––
October18–in progress
November28––
December18––
Year to date (Jan–Jun)243152▼ 37.4%

according to the US BTS · October 2024 → June 2026

On-time departures by month

All legs combined

On time = departure within 15 minutes of schedule. Non-cancelled flights with a recorded delay only.

The most recent periods18 periods
PeriodOn time 2025On time 2026Change vs last year
January92.0%86.2%▼ 6.3%
February96.2%100.0%▲ 4.0%
March77.4%92.6%▲ 19.7%
April84.6%93.1%▲ 10.0%
May91.2%87.1%▼ 4.5%
June81.4%66.7%▼ 18.1%
July84.5%––
August95.8%––
September95.4%––
October77.8%–in progress
November82.1%––
December33.3%––
Year-to-date average (Jan–Jun)87.1%87.6%▲ 0.6%

according to the US BTS · October 2024 → June 2026

Average departure delay by month

All legs combined

according to the US BTS · October 2024 → June 2026

Cancelled departures by month

All legs combined
The most recent periods18 periods
PeriodCancelled 2025Cancelled 2026Change vs last year
January52▼ 60.0%
February20▼ 100.0%
March00–
April00–
May00–
June00–
July0––
August0––
September0––
October0–in progress
November0––
December0––
Year to date (Jan–Jun)72▼ 71.4%

according to the US BTS · October 2024 → June 2026

This is not a forecast

This is a historical record of departures already flown, not a forecast for your flight.

This number flies several legs

Several legs: the headline figure averages all of them. See the leg table.

Cancellation share

  • Not cancelled 98.7% 680
  • Cancelled 1.3% 9

Share of all recorded flights in the period, all legs. · Oct 12, 2024 → Jun 3, 2026

On time, leg by leg

  1. HOU–STL116 94.5%
  2. BOI–DEN79 94.9%
  3. PHX–SMF58 87.9%
  4. AMA–DAL58 96.4%
  5. MDW–BOS51 80.4%
  6. ABQ–LAS42 90.5%
  7. MCI–MDW35 85.7%
  8. ATL–MDW30 80.0%

Departures within 15 minutes of schedule; small figure = departures recorded.

Legs flown under this number

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Monthly figures
PeriodDepartures With departure delay recordedOn time Cancelled
October 2024 20 20 100.0% 0
November 2024 30 30 96.7% 0
December 2024 31 31 90.3% 0
January 2025 30 25 92.0% 5
February 2025 28 26 96.2% 2
March 2025 53 53 77.4% 0
April 2025 39 39 84.6% 0
May 2025 34 34 91.2% 0
June 2025 59 59 81.4% 0
July 2025 58 58 84.5% 0
August 2025 48 48 95.8% 0
September 2025 43 43 95.4% 0
October 2025 18 18 77.8% 0
November 2025 28 28 82.1% 0
December 2025 18 18 33.3% 0
January 2026 31 29 86.2% 2
February 2026 31 31 100.0% 0
March 2026 27 27 92.6% 0
April 2026 29 29 93.1% 0
May 2026 31 31 87.1% 0
June 2026 3 3 66.7% 0

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