SWA978 is operated by SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO between McCarran International Airport (KLAS) and Sacramento International Airport (KSMF). The flight is most often flown by a BOEING Boeing 737-700. Typical block time is 2h 23m. SkyMeter has observed 142 legs of this flight number via ADS-B.

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FLIGHTS
142
last 90 days
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AVG DURATION
2h 23m
tracked time
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SERVICE PERIOD
05/29/2025 → 08/22/2026
first → last seen
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ROUTES / TYPES
18 / 3
city pairs · airframes
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INCIDENT RATE
1.4%
2 flagged

Routes flown

By count · last 90 days

10
KLAS → KSMF
25
avg 1h 47m · McCarran → Sacramento
KDCA → KLAS
25
avg 4h 58m · Ronald Reagan Washington National → McCarran
KORF → KMCO
16
avg 1h 48m · Norfolk → Orlando
KBWI → KORF
15
avg 45m · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall → Norfolk
KDAL → KSEA
9
avg 3h 44m · Dallas Love Field → Seattle Tacoma
KLAS → KBUF
7
avg 4h 12m · McCarran → Buffalo Niagara
KHOU → KMCI
6
avg 1h 31m · William P Hobby → Kansas City
KBUF → KMCO
5
avg 2h 17m · Buffalo Niagara → Orlando
KPHX → KLAX
4
avg 1h 21m · Phoenix Sky Harbor → Los Angeles
KDAL → KMSY
1
avg 10h 4m · Dallas Love Field → Louis Armstrong New Orleans

Aircraft types

Equipment used on this number

3
B737 BOEING Boeing 737-700
147
B38M BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
34
B738 BOEING Boeing 737-800
19

Safety profile

Flagged flights · last 90 days

Go-arounds
1
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 SWA978

30
N8564ZBOEING Boeing 737-800
→
08/22/2026
1h 16m
No alerts
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N441WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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08/17/2026
1h 27m
No alerts
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N8881LBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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08/16/2026
3h 34m
No alerts
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N8881LBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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08/16/2026
1h 21m
No alerts
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N8699ABOEING Boeing 737-800
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08/15/2026
1h 26m
No alerts
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N247WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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08/14/2026
1h 27m
No alerts
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N8307KBOEING Boeing 737-800
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08/13/2026
1h 29m
No alerts
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N7724ABOEING Boeing 737-700
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08/10/2026
1h 32m
No alerts
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N8715QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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08/09/2026
10h 3m
No alerts
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N8673FBOEING Boeing 737-800
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08/08/2026
1h 17m
No alerts
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N212WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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08/07/2026
1h 36m
No alerts
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N7734HBOEING Boeing 737-700
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08/06/2026
1h 33m
No alerts
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N8781QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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08/04/2026
2h 46m
No alerts
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N8781QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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08/03/2026
4h 38m
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N8781QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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08/03/2026
1h 52m
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N7875ABOEING Boeing 737-700
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08/01/2026
1h 19m
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N7875ABOEING Boeing 737-700
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08/01/2026
29m
No alerts
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N7875ABOEING Boeing 737-700
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08/01/2026
2h 8m
No alerts
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N7875ABOEING Boeing 737-700
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07/31/2026
4h 38m
No alerts
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N7875ABOEING Boeing 737-700
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07/31/2026
2h 29m
No alerts
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N7888ABOEING Boeing 737-700
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07/31/2026
1h 23m
No alerts
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N7888ABOEING Boeing 737-700
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07/31/2026
2h 3m
No alerts
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N7888ABOEING Boeing 737-700
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07/30/2026
2h 35m
No alerts
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N7888ABOEING Boeing 737-700
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07/30/2026
4h 40m
No alerts
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N8957QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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07/29/2026
1h 37m
No alerts
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N8957QBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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07/29/2026
40m
No alerts
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N8979LBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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07/28/2026
1h 32m
No alerts
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N8979LBOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
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07/28/2026
54m
No alerts
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N297WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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07/28/2026
1h 50m
No alerts
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N297WNBOEING Boeing 737-700
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07/28/2026
1h 47m
No alerts
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