Summary The extra 10 routes will have overnight flights from March 2025. This means the carrier plans 15 such services, with more coming. Sacramento-Baltimore will become the carrier's longest red-eye service for now.
In July, Southwest revealed its first overnight flights, with five routes having such flights on February 13, 2025. They'll land on Valentine's Day; nothing shows love more than arriving dirty, tired, and groggy. According to the carrier’s latest schedule update, another 10 routes will have such services, with more coming.
This article contains the latest information as of August 27 . While Southwest has not had overnight services in its 53-year history, it has many departures leaving at 05:00 and many arrivals landing after 01:00. Until 2017, Southwest couldn't schedule overnight services due to its old reservation system.
The interest after seven years is undoubtedly partly because of the carrier's new shareholders . Five daily services are planned at first. More routes with overnight flights While the start dates and the specific routes and flights are subject to change, the latest additions are as follows.
Atlanta , Chicago Midway, Denver, Houston Hobby, Sacramento, and San Diego will have their first Southwest red-eye services. At just 1,208 nautical miles (2,237 km), Los Angeles-Houston Hobby is the carrier's shortest overnight route (for now). As always, all times are local: San Diego-Baltimore : 21:35-05:20+1 (daily; begins March 6) Sacramento-Baltimor.