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 55m. SkyMeter has observed 136 legs of this flight number via ADS-B.

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FLIGHTS
136
last 90 days
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AVG DURATION
1h 55m
tracked time
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SERVICE PERIOD
6/5/2025 → 8/12/2026
first → last seen
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ROUTES / TYPES
22 / 3
city pairs · airframes
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INCIDENT RATE
1.5%
2 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
8
avg 4h 11m · 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
3
avg 55m · R.V. Stewart Field → Nashville
US-0454 → KBNA
3
avg 48m · Pumpkin Patch Field → Nashville
KBNA → KMDW
2
avg 1h 11m · Nashville → Chicago Midway
AR55 → KMQY
1
avg 53m · R.V. Stewart Field → Smyrna

Aircraft types

Equipment used on this number

3
B737 BOEING Boeing 737-700
169
B38M BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
11
B738 BOEING Boeing 737-800
10

Safety profile

Flagged flights · last 90 days

Go-arounds
0
Unstable approach
2
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
N8719QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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8/12/2026
4h 14m
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N8938QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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8/11/2026
4h 14m
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N8324ABOEING Boeing 737-800
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8/10/2026
4h 21m
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N8941QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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8/9/2026
4h 24m
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N8723QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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8/8/2026
4h 5m
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N8522PBOEING Boeing 737-800
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8/7/2026
3h 49m
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N8874QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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8/6/2026
4h 16m
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N8853QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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8/5/2026
4h 4m
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N555LVBOEING Boeing 737-700
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8/4/2026
1h 7m
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N555LVBOEING Boeing 737-700
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8/3/2026
1h 0m
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N555LVBOEING Boeing 737-700
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8/3/2026
2h 8m
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N555LVBOEING Boeing 737-700
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8/3/2026
1h 6m
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N555LVBOEING Boeing 737-700
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8/3/2026
1h 55m
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N8864HBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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8/3/2026
2h 21m
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N902WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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8/1/2026
6h 0m
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N957WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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7/31/2026
1h 15m
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N957WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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7/31/2026
1h 51m
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N944WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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7/31/2026
1h 29m
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N944WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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7/30/2026
51m
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N944WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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7/30/2026
2h 21m
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N944WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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7/30/2026
1h 40m
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N944WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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7/30/2026
1h 53m
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N478WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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7/28/2026
2h 23m
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N478WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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7/27/2026
18m
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N478WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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7/27/2026
2h 41m
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N478WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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7/27/2026
1h 32m
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N478WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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7/27/2026
2h 1m
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N478WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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7/27/2026
19m
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N8862QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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7/27/2026
2h 27m
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N221WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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7/26/2026
19m
No alerts
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