Flight Status & Tracker

SWA4978

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO · PHX → MDW · Last tracked Oct 10, 2026

SWA4978 is a flight number operated by SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO between Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (KPHX) and Chicago Midway International Airport (KMDW). SkyMeter last tracked SWA4978 on October 10, 2026. The flight is most often flown by a BOEING Boeing 737-700. Typical block time is 2h 2m. SkyMeter has observed 56 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
56
last 90 days
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AVG DURATION
2h 2m
tracked time
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SERVICE PERIOD
6/5/2025 → 10/10/2026
first → last seen
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ROUTES / TYPES
12 / 4
city pairs · airframes
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INCIDENT RATE
1.8%
1 flagged

Routes flown

By count · last 90 days

7
KPHX → KMDW
17
avg 3h 10m · Phoenix Sky Harbor → Chicago Midway
KOAK → KLAX
15
avg 1h 27m · Metropolitan Oakland → Los Angeles
KDEN → KATL
4
avg 2h 42m · Denver → Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta
KDEN → KOAK
3
avg 2h 32m · Denver → Metropolitan Oakland
KCHD → KMDW
1
avg 3h 14m · Chandler → Chicago Midway
KPHX → KORD
1
avg 3h 8m · Phoenix Sky Harbor → Chicago O'Hare
AZ42 → KMDW
1
avg 3h 26m · Asi Heliport → Chicago Midway

Aircraft types

Equipment used on this number

4
B737 BOEING Boeing 737-700
44
B38M BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
24
B738 BOEING Boeing 737-800
9
BE35 BEECH Beech Bonanza 35
1

Safety profile

Flagged flights · last 90 days

Go-arounds
0
Unstable approach
1
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 SWA4978

30
N494WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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10/10/2026
2h 49m
No alerts
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N8946LBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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10/7/2026
2h 50m
No alerts
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N9026RBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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10/6/2026
5m
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N9026RBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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10/6/2026
2h 36m
No alerts
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N468WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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10/4/2026
3h 18m
No alerts
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N953WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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10/3/2026
2h 34m
No alerts
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N953WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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10/3/2026
15m
No alerts
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N8557QBOEING Boeing 737-800
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10/1/2026
2h 13m
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N8557QBOEING Boeing 737-800
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10/1/2026
40m
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N8557QBOEING Boeing 737-800
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10/1/2026
2h 54m
No alerts
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N275WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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9/30/2026
2h 52m
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N221WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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9/24/2026
2h 12m
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N221WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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9/24/2026
2h 59m
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N221WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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9/24/2026
47m
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N204WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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9/23/2026
2h 29m
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N204WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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9/23/2026
2h 53m
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N204WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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9/23/2026
23m
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N8764QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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9/19/2026
3h 8m
No alerts
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N232WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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9/17/2026
2h 55m
No alerts
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N8931LBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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9/16/2026
2h 52m
No alerts
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N8931LBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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9/16/2026
5m
No alerts
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N8551QBOEING Boeing 737-800
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9/12/2026
3h 23m
No alerts
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N8551QBOEING Boeing 737-800
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9/12/2026
12m
No alerts
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N7881ABOEING Boeing 737-700
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9/10/2026
1h 55m
No alerts
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N9004HBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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9/9/2026
41m
No alerts
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N8661ABOEING Boeing 737-800
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9/5/2026
3h 26m
No alerts
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N297WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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9/2/2026
2h 2m
No alerts
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N297WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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9/2/2026
59m
No alerts
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N297WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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9/2/2026
3h 2m
No alerts
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N8953QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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8/29/2026
3h 5m
No alerts
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