Flight Status & Tracker

SWA2978

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO · SFO → SAN · Last tracked Oct 17, 2026

SWA2978 is a flight number operated by SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO between San Francisco International Airport (KSFO) and San Diego International Airport (KSAN). SkyMeter last tracked SWA2978 on October 17, 2026. The flight is most often flown by a BOEING Boeing 737-700. Typical block time is 2h 2m. SkyMeter has observed 65 legs of this flight number via ADS-B.

SkyMeter tracks historical flight activity from ADS-B data — this is not a live gate-to-gate status feed.

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FLIGHTS
65
last 90 days
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AVG DURATION
2h 2m
tracked time
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SERVICE PERIOD
5/27/2025 → 10/17/2026
first → last seen
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ROUTES / TYPES
13 / 3
city pairs · airframes
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INCIDENT RATE
0.0%
0 flagged

Routes flown

By count · last 90 days

8
KSFO → KSAN
19
avg 1h 48m · San Francisco → San Diego
KBNA → KTPA
13
avg 1h 34m · Nashville → Tampa
KMDW → KSAN
10
avg 3h 49m · Chicago Midway → San Diego
KPHX → KSJC
9
avg 1h 37m · Phoenix Sky Harbor → Norman Y. Mineta San Jose
KHAF → KSAN
2
avg 1h 57m · Half Moon Bay → San Diego
KSAN → KSEA
2
avg 2h 52m · San Diego → Seattle Tacoma
AZ42 → KSJC
1
avg 1h 48m · Asi Heliport → Norman Y. Mineta San Jose
9TN0 → KTPA
1
avg 1h 22m · Summit Medical Center Heliport → Tampa

Aircraft types

Equipment used on this number

3
B737 BOEING Boeing 737-700
27
B38M BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
20
B738 BOEING Boeing 737-800
18

Safety profile

Flagged flights · last 90 days

Go-arounds
0
Unstable approach
0
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 SWA2978

30
N8707PBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
→
10/17/2026
2h 36m
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N8511KBOEING Boeing 737-800
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10/16/2026
3h 40m
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N8843SBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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10/15/2026
4h 1m
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N8540VBOEING Boeing 737-800
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10/13/2026
4h 8m
No alerts
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N9000DBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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10/10/2026
2h 32m
No alerts
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N8824QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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10/9/2026
3h 47m
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N8816QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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10/8/2026
3h 54m
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N8828LBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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10/7/2026
3h 37m
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N8681MBOEING Boeing 737-800
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10/6/2026
3h 46m
No alerts
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N8872QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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10/5/2026
3h 50m
No alerts
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N8886CBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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10/3/2026
3h 8m
No alerts
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N8699ABOEING Boeing 737-800
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10/2/2026
3h 36m
No alerts
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N8994QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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10/1/2026
3h 51m
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N929WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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9/28/2026
2h 24m
No alerts
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N8819LBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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9/28/2026
1h 33m
No alerts
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N8313FBOEING Boeing 737-800
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9/26/2026
1h 28m
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N481WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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9/25/2026
2h 10m
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N442WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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9/24/2026
1h 41m
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N219WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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9/21/2026
1h 58m
No alerts
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N8663ABOEING Boeing 737-800
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9/21/2026
1h 27m
No alerts
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N8312CBOEING Boeing 737-800
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9/19/2026
1h 29m
No alerts
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N257WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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9/18/2026
1h 58m
No alerts
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N486WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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9/17/2026
1h 39m
No alerts
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N958WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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9/14/2026
1h 32m
No alerts
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N8878LBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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9/14/2026
1h 32m
No alerts
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N8689CBOEING Boeing 737-800
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9/12/2026
1h 30m
No alerts
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N481WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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9/11/2026
1h 37m
No alerts
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N452WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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9/10/2026
2h 3m
No alerts
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N8896LBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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9/6/2026
1h 24m
No alerts
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N910WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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9/4/2026
2h 0m
No alerts
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