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-Baltimore : 21:55-05:50+1 (daily; begins March 6); see below Las Vegas-Atlanta : 23:00-05:45+1 (daily; begins March 6) Los Angeles-Chicago Midway : 23:20-05:15+1 (daily; begins March 6) Las Vegas-Nashville : 23:30-05:00+1 (daily; begins March 6) Denver-Baltimore : 23:45-05:00+1 (daily; begins March 6) Las Vegas-Chicago Midway : 23:55-05:20+1 (daily; begins March 6) Los Angeles-Houston Hobby : 23:55-05:00+1 (daily; begins March 6) Phoenix-Atlanta : 23:55-05:20+1 (daily; begins March 6); 23:05-05:30+1 from March 9 Phoenix-Orlando : 23:55-05:50+1 (daily; begins March 6); 22:55-05:50+1 from March 9 Click here to fly! Sacramento to Baltimore to return Southwest served the 2,081 nautical mile (3,854 km) airport pair between August 2016 and August 2020.
After a nearly five-year absence, it will return on March 6, 2025. For now, at least, it will be the airline's longest overnight service . Get tickets here! When the route started in 2016, flights mainly left California at 06:00 and arrived in Maryland at 14:05 local time.
Returning, they departed at 13:20 and arrived at 15:50 local. How many can you name and which do you think have changed the most? Things will be very different this time. On Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays in March 2025, flights will leave Baltimore at 09:25 and arrive at 12:25.
On Tuesdays and Wednesdays: 11:15-14:10. On Sundays: 13:05-16:00. On Saturdays: 20:15-23:15.
Back to the East Coast, the schedule will be 21:55-05:50+1. That makes 15 routes (for now) The first five routes with overnight flights are as follows. The schedules have been double-checked and are correct as of August 27.
Los Angeles-Baltimore : 21:30-05:20+1 (daily; begins February 13) Las Vegas-Baltimore : 22:00-05:30+1 (begins February 13) Las Vegas-Orlando : 22:50-06:05+1 (begins February 13) Phoenix-Baltimore : 23:05-05:10+1 (daily; begins February 13) Los Angeles-Nashville : 23:45-06:00+1 (daily; begins February 13).
