SWA496 is operated by SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO between Chicago Midway International Airport (KMDW) and Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (KBHM). The flight is most often flown by a BOEING Boeing 737-700. Typical block time is 1h 32m. SkyMeter has observed 178 legs of this flight number via ADS-B.

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FLIGHTS
178
last 90 days
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AVG DURATION
1h 32m
tracked time
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SERVICE PERIOD
05/27/2025 → 08/20/2026
first → last seen
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ROUTES / TYPES
25 / 3
city pairs · airframes
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INCIDENT RATE
1.7%
3 flagged

Routes flown

By count · last 90 days

10
KMDW → KBHM
45
avg 1h 19m · Chicago Midway → Birmingham-Shuttlesworth
KBHM → KDAL
28
avg 1h 27m · Birmingham-Shuttlesworth → Dallas Love Field
KLAS → KMDW
15
avg 3h 36m · McCarran → Chicago Midway
KBUR → KLAS
15
avg 47m · Bob Hope → McCarran
KBNA → KDEN
13
avg 2h 23m · Nashville → Denver
KBHM → KMCO
10
avg 1h 18m · Birmingham-Shuttlesworth → Orlando
KHOU → KBWI
7
avg 2h 35m · William P Hobby → Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall
KMCI → KBNA
6
avg 1h 10m · Kansas City → Nashville
TA92 → KBWI
2
avg 2h 34m · Rowan Heliport → Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall
AL49 → KDAL
2
avg 1h 22m · Carraway Medical Center Heliport → Dallas Love Field

Aircraft types

Equipment used on this number

3
B737 BOEING Boeing 737-700
167
B738 BOEING Boeing 737-800
20
B38M BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
15

Safety profile

Flagged flights · last 90 days

Go-arounds
0
Unstable approach
3
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 SWA496

30
N8518RBOEING Boeing 737-800
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08/20/2026
2h 25m
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N8322XBOEING Boeing 737-800
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08/18/2026
2h 16m
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N8554XBOEING Boeing 737-800
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08/17/2026
2h 28m
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N8919KBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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08/16/2026
2h 21m
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N8811LBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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08/14/2026
2h 15m
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N8545VBOEING Boeing 737-800
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08/13/2026
2h 12m
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N8656BBOEING Boeing 737-800
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08/12/2026
2h 20m
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N8836QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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08/11/2026
2h 20m
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N8955QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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08/10/2026
2h 22m
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N8974KBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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08/07/2026
2h 29m
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N8318FBOEING Boeing 737-800
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08/06/2026
2h 40m
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N8837QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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08/05/2026
2h 29m
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N8782QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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08/04/2026
2h 23m
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N444WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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08/03/2026
1h 21m
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N444WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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08/03/2026
1h 9m
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N907WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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08/03/2026
1h 31m
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N907WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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08/02/2026
1h 13m
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N8693ABOEING Boeing 737-800
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08/01/2026
1h 4m
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N224WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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07/31/2026
1h 28m
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N224WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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07/31/2026
1h 15m
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N298WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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07/30/2026
1h 24m
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N298WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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07/30/2026
1h 7m
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N231WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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07/30/2026
1h 16m
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N231WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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07/29/2026
1h 10m
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N231WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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07/29/2026
3h 40m
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N231WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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07/29/2026
22m
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N231WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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07/29/2026
48m
No alerts
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N231WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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07/29/2026
5m
No alerts
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N438WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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07/28/2026
1h 8m
No alerts
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N438WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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07/28/2026
1h 16m
No alerts
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