Skip to content
WanderNerd
Check a flight

Flight Reliability

WN 970 · Southwest Airlines

This number covered several routes in this period.

One number, several routes.

Airlines reuse flight numbers, and WN 970 moved between routes during this period. Numbers below combine all of them, so treat them as background, not a verdict. For a cleaner answer, check the route you are actually flying.

Combined across all its routes

76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
4 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 425 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon64%(67 flights)
  • Tue97%(64 flights)
  • Wed93%(56 flights)
  • Thu70%(57 flights)
  • Fri64%(69 flights)
  • Sat70%(53 flights)
  • Sun75%(55 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM90%(20 flights)
  • 6–9 AM92%(63 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(62 flights)
  • 12–3 PM67%(75 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(172 flights)
  • 6–9 PM79%(29 flights)
On-time trend by month
56%
May

Jun 48% → May 56% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202548%25
July 202563%27
August 202590%30
September 2025100%30
October 202572%32
November 202583%40
December 202576%71
January 202672%39
February 202693%27
March 202674%43
April 202677%30
May 202656%27
Departures on time
72%
Diverted
0.2%
Flights flown
421
Months covered
12

Keep nerding

Based on 425 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.