SWA2042 is operated by SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO between William P Hobby Airport (KHOU) and Chicago Midway International Airport (KMDW). The flight is most often flown by a BOEING Boeing 737-800. Typical block time is 1h 38m. SkyMeter has observed 112 legs of this flight number via ADS-B.

FLIGHTS
112
last 90 days
AVG DURATION
1h 38m
tracked time
📅
SERVICE PERIOD
05/31/2025 → 08/31/2026
first → last seen
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ROUTES / TYPES
20 / 3
city pairs · airframes
INCIDENT RATE
0.9%
1 flagged

Routes flown

By count · last 90 days

10
26
avg 2h 4m · William P Hobby → Chicago Midway
25
avg 1h 37m · Chicago Midway → Charleston Air Force Base-International
13
avg 1h 38m · McCarran → Albuquerque International Sunport
13
avg 2h 5m · Rowan Heliport → Chicago Midway
2
avg 1h 5m · John Wayne Airport-Orange County → Norman Y. Mineta San Jose
1
avg 5m · Rose Nr 3 Heliport → Chicago Midway
1
avg 2h 36m · Luis Munoz Marin → Orlando
1
avg 2h 7m · William P Hobby → Charleston Air Force Base-International
1
avg 2h 2m · Police Helicopter Patrol Heliport → Chicago Midway
1
avg 12m · Lewis University → Chicago Midway

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 SWA2042

30
08/22/2026
1h 53m
No alerts
08/12/2026
1h 55m
No alerts
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