SWA2986 is operated by SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO between Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY) and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (KBWI). The flight is most often flown by a BOEING Boeing 737-700. Typical block time is 1h 53m. SkyMeter has observed 136 legs of this flight number via ADS-B.

✈
FLIGHTS
136
last 90 days
⏱
AVG DURATION
1h 53m
tracked time
📅
SERVICE PERIOD
6/5/2025 → 8/11/2026
first → last seen
🗺
ROUTES / TYPES
22 / 3
city pairs · airframes
⚠
INCIDENT RATE
2.2%
3 flagged

Routes flown

By count · last 90 days

10
KMSY → KBWI
34
avg 2h 17m · Louis Armstrong New Orleans → Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall
KSAT → KMSY
23
avg 1h 25m · San Antonio → Louis Armstrong New Orleans
KPHX → KSAT
23
avg 1h 56m · Phoenix Sky Harbor → San Antonio
KOAK → KMDW
7
avg 4h 10m · Metropolitan Oakland → Chicago Midway
KLIT → KBNA
5
avg 50m · Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field → Nashville
KSAT → KBWI
5
avg 5h 11m · San Antonio → Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall
AR55 → KBNA
4
avg 54m · R.V. Stewart Field → Nashville
US-0454 → KBNA
3
avg 48m · Pumpkin Patch Field → Nashville
KBNA → KMDW
2
avg 1h 11m · Nashville → Chicago Midway
KPHX → KAUS
1
avg 2h 31m · Phoenix Sky Harbor → Austin Bergstrom

Aircraft types

Equipment used on this number

3
B737 BOEING Boeing 737-700
170
B38M BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
10
B738 BOEING Boeing 737-800
10

Safety profile

Flagged flights · last 90 days

Go-arounds
0
Unstable approach
3
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 SWA2986

30
N8938QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
→
8/11/2026
4h 14m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N8324ABOEING Boeing 737-800
→
8/10/2026
4h 21m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N8941QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
→
8/9/2026
4h 24m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N8723QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
→
8/8/2026
4h 5m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N8522PBOEING Boeing 737-800
→
8/7/2026
3h 49m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N8874QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
→
8/6/2026
4h 16m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N8853QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
→
8/5/2026
4h 4m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N555LVBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
8/4/2026
1h 7m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N555LVBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
8/3/2026
1h 0m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N555LVBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
8/3/2026
2h 8m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N555LVBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
8/3/2026
1h 6m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N555LVBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
8/3/2026
1h 55m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N8864HBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
→
8/3/2026
2h 21m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N902WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
8/1/2026
6h 0m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N957WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
7/31/2026
1h 15m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N957WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
7/31/2026
1h 51m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N944WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
7/31/2026
1h 29m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N944WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
7/30/2026
51m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N944WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
7/30/2026
2h 21m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N944WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
7/30/2026
1h 40m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N944WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
7/30/2026
1h 53m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N478WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
7/28/2026
2h 23m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N478WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
7/27/2026
18m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N478WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
7/27/2026
2h 41m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N478WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
7/27/2026
1h 32m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N478WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
7/27/2026
2h 1m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N478WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
7/27/2026
19m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N8862QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
→
7/27/2026
2h 27m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N221WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
7/26/2026
19m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
N221WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
7/25/2026
1h 59m
No alerts
Replay Analysis
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Tracked: 90-day window