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(WN) Southwest Airlines 998 Flight Details

On time | Departed

Departure

DAL

Dallas Love Field, TX, US

Flight Gate Times

18-May-2026

Scheduled

17:25

 CDT

Actual

17:37

 CDT

Total Departure Delay: 12 mins

Flight Runway Times

18-May-2026

Scheduled

17:37

 CDT

Actual

17:52

 CDT

Runway Delay: 15 mins

Terminal

-

Gate

17

Craft Type

Boeing 737MAX 8 Passenger

7M8

Flight Time

Scheduled

1h 50m

Arrival

ELP

El Paso International Airport, TX, US

Flight Gate Times

18-May-2026

Scheduled

18:15

 MDT

Estimated

18:26

 MDT

Total Arrival Delay: 11 mins

Flight Runway Times

18-May-2026

Scheduled

18:09

 MDT

Estimated

18:20

 MDT

Runway Delay: 11 mins

Terminal

-

Gate

B5

Baggage Claim

-

Tail Number

N8868L

Flight Time

Estimated

1h 49m

Event Timeline

Time

Date

UTC

Event

Data Updated

18 May

23:00

Estimated Runway Arrival changed from May-18-2026 6:23 PM to May-18-2026 6:20 PM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from May-18-2026 6:29 PM to May-18-2026 6:26 PM

18 May

22:55

Estimated Runway Arrival changed from May-18-2026 6:05 PM to May-18-2026 6:23 PM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from May-18-2026 6:05 PM to May-18-2026 6:29 PM

18 May

22:53

Actual Runway Departure changed to May-18-2026 5:52 PM

18 May

22:53

Estimated Runway Departure changed from May-18-2026 5:53 PM to May-18-2026 5:52 PM

18 May

22:43

Estimated Gate Departure changed from May-18-2026 5:30 PM to May-18-2026 5:37 PM

Actual Gate Departure changed to May-18-2026 5:37 PM

Status changed from Scheduled to Active

18 May

22:42

Estimated Runway Departure changed from May-18-2026 5:48 PM to May-18-2026 5:53 PM

18 May

22:36

Estimated Runway Departure changed from May-18-2026 5:42 PM to May-18-2026 5:48 PM

18 May

22:36

Estimated Runway Arrival changed from May-18-2026 5:59 PM to May-18-2026 6:05 PM

18 May

22:35

Estimated Runway Departure changed from May-18-2026 5:37 PM to May-18-2026 5:42 PM

Estimated Runway Arrival changed from May-18-2026 5:54 PM to May-18-2026 5:59 PM

18 May

22:32

Estimated Gate Departure changed from May-18-2026 5:25 PM to May-18-2026 5:30 PM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from May-18-2026 6:00 PM to May-18-2026 6:05 PM

18 May

21:55

Tail Number changed to N8868L

18 May

20:42

Estimated Gate Departure changed to May-18-2026 5:25 PM

Estimated Runway Arrival changed to May-18-2026 5:54 PM

18 May

20:08

Estimated Gate Arrival changed to May-18-2026 6:00 PM

18 May

18:32

Estimated Runway Departure changed to May-18-2026 5:37 PM

18 May

18:12

Departure Gate changed from 12 to 17

18 May

17:57

Departure Gate changed from 3 to 12

18 May

17:42

Departure Gate changed from 1 to 3

18 May

17:27

Departure Gate changed from 17 to 1

18 May

17:12

Departure Gate changed from 19 to 17

18 May

15:11

Departure Gate changed from 10 to 19

18 May

14:11

Departure Gate changed from 7 to 10

18 May

10:40

Departure Gate changed to 7

18 May

08:35

Scheduled Runway Departure changed from May-18-2026 5:35 PM to May-18-2026 5:37 PM

Scheduled Runway Arrival changed from May-18-2026 5:53 PM to May-18-2026 6:09 PM

18 May

06:26

Arrival Gate changed to B5

17 May

22:26

Scheduled Runway Departure changed to May-18-2026 5:35 PM

Scheduled Runway Arrival changed to May-18-2026 5:53 PM

Actual Equipment changed to 7M8

15 May

18:54

15 May

18:54

Scheduled Gate Departure changed to May-18-2026 5:25 PM

Scheduled Gate Arrival changed to May-18-2026 6:15 PM

Scheduled Equipment changed to 7M8