Southwest Airlines

WN697Nashville to Chicago

Name: Southwest Airlines WN697 Nashville to Chicago: on-time record
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Southwest Airlines flight WN697 flies from Nashville (BNA) to Chicago Midway (MDW), 636 km. Over August 2025 to July 2026 it usually arrives about 3 minutes late: 80% of 366 flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule and 0.8% were cancelled (US Department of Transportation data).

On-time record, last 12 months

80%

on time (within 15 min)

12%

more than 30 min late

0.8%

cancelled

+3 min

average arrival vs schedule

Every operation of WN697, August 2025 to July 2026: 366 flights. Source: US Bureau of Transportation Statistics, public domain.

Routes flown as WN697

Nashville (BNA) to Chicago Midway (MDW)49 flights
Washington (DCA) to Houston (HOU)46 flights
Las Vegas (LAS) to El Paso (ELP)33 flights
Austin Bergstrom (AUS) to Minneapolis (MSP)32 flights
Boise (BOI) to Burbank (BUR)26 flights
Kansas City (MCI) to Las Vegas (LAS)25 flights
Houston (HOU) to Oklahoma City (OKC)24 flights
Denver (DEN) to Pittsburgh (PIT)22 flights
Oakland (OAK) to Santa Barbara (SBA)16 flights
Los Angeles (LAX) to Sacramento (SMF)14 flights

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