Flight Reliability
WN 5879 · Southwest Airlines
Chicago → Providence (MDW–PVD)
98
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 90%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 3 min early
- Average arrival delay
- 0%
- Cancelled
- 4 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 31 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Better than the MDW–PVD route average.
WN 5879 arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 77% across the MDW–PVD route.
Better than the Southwest Airlines network average.
WN 5879 arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 78% across the Southwest Airlines network.
The breakdown
- Mon—(4 flights)
- Tue—(4 flights)
- Wed—(4 flights)
- Thu—(5 flights)
- Fri—(5 flights)
- Sat—(5 flights)
- Sun—(4 flights)
- Departures on time
- 97%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 31
- Months covered
- 2
Same route, other flights
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Based on 31 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.