SWA3438 is operated by SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA) and Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY). The flight is most often flown by a BOEING Boeing 737-700. Typical block time is 2h 0m. SkyMeter has observed 115 legs of this flight number via ADS-B.

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FLIGHTS
115
last 90 days
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AVG DURATION
2h 0m
tracked time
📅
SERVICE PERIOD
04/11/2026 → 06/02/2026
first → last seen
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ROUTES / TYPES
17 / 3
city pairs · airframes
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INCIDENT RATE
13.0%
15 flagged

Routes flown

By count · last 90 days

10
KDCA → KMSY
29
avg 2h 36m · Ronald Reagan Washington National → Louis Armstrong New Orleans
KMSY → KDEN
14
avg 2h 49m · Louis Armstrong New Orleans → Denver
KMKE → KDCA
13
avg 1h 32m · General Mitchell → Ronald Reagan Washington National
KDEN → KSAN
13
avg 2h 29m · Denver → San Diego
KZ12 → KDCA
10
avg 1h 33m · General Mitchell Intl Heliport → Ronald Reagan Washington National
KBWI → KMSY
1
avg 2h 30m · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall → Louis Armstrong New Orleans
KJAN → KMSY
1
avg 42m · Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers → Louis Armstrong New Orleans
KZ12 → KCGS
1
avg 1h 27m · General Mitchell Intl Heliport → College Park
KDCA → KBWI
1
avg 57m · Ronald Reagan Washington National → Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall
KMSY → KSAN
1
avg 5h 48m · Louis Armstrong New Orleans → San Diego

Aircraft types

Equipment used on this number

3
B737 BOEING Boeing 737-700
135
B38M BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
2
B738 BOEING Boeing 737-800
2

Safety profile

Flagged flights · last 90 days

Go-arounds
0
Unstable approach
15
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 SWA3438

30
N497WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
06/03/2026
1h 24m
No alerts
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N497WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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06/02/2026
54m
No alerts
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N497WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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06/02/2026
2h 34m
No alerts
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N497WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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06/02/2026
14m
No alerts
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N7885ABOEING Boeing 737-700
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06/02/2026
2h 10m
No alerts
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N7885ABOEING Boeing 737-700
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06/01/2026
3h 6m
No alerts
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N7885ABOEING Boeing 737-700
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06/01/2026
2h 36m
No alerts
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N486WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
06/01/2026
1h 34m
△ Unstable
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N435WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
05/31/2026
2h 20m
No alerts
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N435WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
05/31/2026
1h 35m
△ Unstable
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N956WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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05/29/2026
47m
No alerts
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N956WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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05/29/2026
3h 19m
No alerts
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N956WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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05/29/2026
37m
No alerts
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N956WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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05/29/2026
1h 35m
No alerts
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N7742BBOEING Boeing 737-700
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05/29/2026
1h 0m
No alerts
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N7742BBOEING Boeing 737-700
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05/28/2026
1h 23m
No alerts
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N7742BBOEING Boeing 737-700
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05/28/2026
2h 25m
No alerts
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N7742BBOEING Boeing 737-700
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05/28/2026
5h 47m
No alerts
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N7742BBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
05/28/2026
3h 2m
No alerts
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N7742BBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
05/28/2026
1h 25m
△ Unstable
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N7861JBOEING Boeing 737-700
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05/28/2026
1h 39m
No alerts
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N8696EBOEING Boeing 737-800
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05/26/2026
36m
No alerts
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N242WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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05/26/2026
1h 16m
No alerts
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N242WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
05/25/2026
2h 1m
No alerts
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N242WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
05/25/2026
3h 25m
No alerts
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N242WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
→
05/25/2026
2h 30m
No alerts
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N474WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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05/25/2026
56m
No alerts
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N474WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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05/25/2026
1h 33m
No alerts
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N8824QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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05/24/2026
2h 30m
No alerts
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N8534ZBOEING Boeing 737-800
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05/23/2026
2h 27m
No alerts
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