Airline Accountability Index🇺🇸
Southwest Airlines
Flight cancellations & passenger rights · US
Cancellations (indexed)
493
Cancel rate
0.44%
of 112,563 indexed flights
Blamed on weather / force majeure
80.1%
The accountability signal
80.1% of Southwest Airlines's cancellations were attributed to an "extraordinary" cause — the label that can deny your compensation. Causa Real™ cross-checks whether other flights actually operated at the same airport and hour — turning an unverifiable excuse into contestable evidence.
Declared cancellation causes
- Adverse weather at origincontestable395
- Carrier cancellation order98
Most-cancelled routes
- TPA→BWI11
- BWI→TPA10
- BUR→LAS8
- HOU→MSY8
- DAL→MSY7
- MSY→HOU7
Your rights
Applicable framework: U.S. DOT — 14 CFR Part 259 + the DOT refund rule. A cancellation for reasons within the airline's control generally entitles you to assistance and compensation; an "extraordinary" cause may limit it — but that cause can be contested with primary-source evidence. This is informational, not legal advice.