SWA281 is operated by SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO between Austin Bergstrom International Airport (KAUS) and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA). The flight is most often flown by a BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8. Typical block time is 2h 31m. SkyMeter has observed 158 legs of this flight number via ADS-B.

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FLIGHTS
158
last 90 days
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AVG DURATION
2h 31m
tracked time
📅
SERVICE PERIOD
5/27/2025 → 8/12/2026
first → last seen
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ROUTES / TYPES
15 / 3
city pairs · airframes
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INCIDENT RATE
3.8%
6 flagged

Routes flown

By count · last 90 days

10
KAUS → KDCA
46
avg 3h 9m · Austin Bergstrom → Ronald Reagan Washington National
KSAN → KAUS
36
avg 3h 9m · San Diego → Austin Bergstrom
KAUS → KBNA
19
avg 1h 58m · Austin Bergstrom → Nashville
KAUS → KMCO
9
avg 2h 33m · Austin Bergstrom → Orlando
KLAS → KBUR
5
avg 1h 16m · McCarran → Bob Hope
KAUS → KDAL
2
avg 1h 26m · Austin Bergstrom → Dallas Love Field
KDEN → KPHX
2
avg 1h 50m · Denver → Phoenix Sky Harbor
US-1293 → KDCA
1
avg 5m · George Washington University Heliport → Ronald Reagan Washington National
VA82 → KDCA
1
avg 12m · Mount Vernon Hospital Heliport → Ronald Reagan Washington National
KAUS → KSEA
1
avg 4h 31m · Austin Bergstrom → Seattle Tacoma

Aircraft types

Equipment used on this number

3
B38M BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
76
B738 BOEING Boeing 737-800
56
B737 BOEING Boeing 737-700
28

Safety profile

Flagged flights · last 90 days

Go-arounds
1
Unstable approach
5
Rejected TO
0
Stall warnings
0
Overspeeds
0
Runway excursion
0
Counts represent flights with at least one occurrence of each flag, not the total event count. See /incidents for individual events.

Recent flights

Newest 30 operations of SWA281

30
N951WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
8/12/2026
1h 25m
No alerts
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N482WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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8/11/2026
1h 27m
No alerts
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N481WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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8/8/2026
1h 30m
No alerts
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N289CTBOEING Boeing 737-700
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8/7/2026
1h 42m
No alerts
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N8637ABOEING Boeing 737-800
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8/6/2026
1h 58m
No alerts
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N274WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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8/5/2026
54m
No alerts
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N960WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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8/4/2026
1h 5m
No alerts
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N960WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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8/4/2026
14m
No alerts
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N8940QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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8/3/2026
2h 48m
No alerts
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N8940QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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8/3/2026
3h 22m
No alerts
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N914WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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8/2/2026
2h 41m
No alerts
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N914WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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8/2/2026
2h 54m
No alerts
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N8906KBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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7/31/2026
3h 41m
No alerts
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N8906KBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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7/31/2026
3h 25m
No alerts
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N8565ZBOEING Boeing 737-800
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7/30/2026
3h 4m
No alerts
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N8565ZBOEING Boeing 737-800
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7/30/2026
2h 52m
No alerts
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N8324ABOEING Boeing 737-800
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7/29/2026
3h 6m
No alerts
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N8324ABOEING Boeing 737-800
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7/29/2026
3h 26m
No alerts
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N8691ABOEING Boeing 737-800
→
7/28/2026
3h 59m
↻ Go-around
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N8691ABOEING Boeing 737-800
→
7/28/2026
3h 17m
No alerts
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N8556ZBOEING Boeing 737-800
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7/27/2026
3h 30m
No alerts
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N8556ZBOEING Boeing 737-800
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7/27/2026
3h 38m
No alerts
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N7888ABOEING Boeing 737-700
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7/26/2026
2h 17m
No alerts
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N7888ABOEING Boeing 737-700
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7/26/2026
3h 39m
No alerts
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N8825QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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7/26/2026
17m
No alerts
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N8825QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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7/25/2026
2h 48m
No alerts
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N8825QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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7/25/2026
3h 6m
No alerts
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N8814KBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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7/24/2026
3h 7m
No alerts
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N8814KBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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7/24/2026
2h 59m
No alerts
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N8927QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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7/23/2026
3h 41m
No alerts
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