SWA2561 is operated by SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO between Kansas City International Airport (KMCI) and Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX). The flight is most often flown by a BOEING Boeing 737-800. Typical block time is 2h 0m. SkyMeter has observed 76 legs of this flight number via ADS-B.

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FLIGHTS
76
last 90 days
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AVG DURATION
2h 0m
tracked time
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SERVICE PERIOD
05/31/2025 → 08/17/2026
first → last seen
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ROUTES / TYPES
17 / 3
city pairs · airframes
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INCIDENT RATE
2.6%
2 flagged

Routes flown

By count · last 90 days

10
KMCI → KLAX
22
avg 3h 6m · Kansas City → Los Angeles
KMIA → KAUS
11
avg 2h 27m · Miami → Austin Bergstrom
KMDW → KBWI
10
avg 1h 28m · Chicago Midway → Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall
KLAX → KOAK
6
avg 1h 9m · Los Angeles → Metropolitan Oakland
KLAS → KRNO
6
avg 1h 25m · McCarran → Reno Tahoe
KOKC → KMDW
4
avg 1h 54m · Will Rogers World → Chicago Midway
TX05 → KAUS
1
avg 13m · Bud Dryden → Austin Bergstrom
KHWD → KOAK
1
avg 55m · Hayward Executive → Metropolitan Oakland
AUS → KAUS
1
avg 6m · Austin Robert Mueller Municipal → Austin Bergstrom
US-1410 → KOAK
1
avg 1h 4m · Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel Helipad → Metropolitan Oakland

Aircraft types

Equipment used on this number

3
B738 BOEING Boeing 737-800
44
B38M BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
42
B737 BOEING Boeing 737-700
6

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 SWA2561

30
N943WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
08/17/2026
55m
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N943WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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08/16/2026
50m
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N439WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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08/09/2026
57m
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N8522PBOEING Boeing 737-800
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08/03/2026
2h 52m
No alerts
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N8911QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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07/30/2026
13m
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N8911QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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07/29/2026
2h 15m
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N8663ABOEING Boeing 737-800
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07/29/2026
17m
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N8663ABOEING Boeing 737-800
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07/28/2026
2h 24m
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N8301JBOEING Boeing 737-800
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07/27/2026
58m
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N8301JBOEING Boeing 737-800
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07/27/2026
2h 55m
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N1802UBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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07/26/2026
1h 18m
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N1802UBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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07/26/2026
24m
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N8652BBOEING Boeing 737-800
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07/23/2026
11m
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N8652BBOEING Boeing 737-800
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07/22/2026
2h 27m
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N8652BBOEING Boeing 737-800
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07/22/2026
2h 15m
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N8540VBOEING Boeing 737-800
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07/22/2026
18m
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N8540VBOEING Boeing 737-800
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07/21/2026
2h 7m
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N8540VBOEING Boeing 737-800
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07/21/2026
2h 25m
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N8653ABOEING Boeing 737-800
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07/20/2026
55m
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N8653ABOEING Boeing 737-800
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07/20/2026
2h 48m
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N8632ABOEING Boeing 737-800
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07/19/2026
1h 38m
No alerts
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N9004HBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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07/16/2026
22m
No alerts
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N9004HBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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07/15/2026
2h 0m
No alerts
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N9004HBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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07/15/2026
2h 23m
No alerts
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N8551QBOEING Boeing 737-800
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07/14/2026
2h 26m
No alerts
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N8547VBOEING Boeing 737-800
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07/13/2026
1h 25m
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N8547VBOEING Boeing 737-800
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07/13/2026
2h 55m
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N8802QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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07/12/2026
1h 23m
No alerts
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N8963QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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07/09/2026
12m
No alerts
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N8963QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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07/08/2026
2h 19m
No alerts
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