255 — routes, history & safety record

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Scheduled US airline service

Reported in scheduled US passenger service from September 2006 to January 2007 — 794 flights. Last reported flight: January 31, 2007, Southwest Airlines, PVD → MCO.

Not reported in scheduled US service since January 2007 (data through July 2026).

Carrier	First	Last	Flights
Southwest Airlines WN	September 2006	January 2007	794

Source: BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (public domain; US reporting carriers, scheduled domestic flights).

US fleet inventory (BTS B-43)

Filed in BTS’s annual carrier fleet inventory from 2010 to 2014, most recently reported as owned.

Carrier	First filed	Last filed
Southwest Airlines WN	2010	2014

Source: BTS Form 41 Schedule B-43 (Annual Inventory of Airframe and Aircraft Engines) (open data; large certificated US carriers, annual filing).

Safety history

January 15, 1981Accident
The airplane departed Valkenburg Airbase and was engaged in a maritime patrol flight over the Atlantic, shadowing a Soviet 'Kiev Class' Navy ship. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with blizzard, low visibility, turbulences, strong winds and 30 feet waves.
Breguet Bre.1150 Atlantic · 3 fatalities
It was determined that the airplane suffered control problems following the failure of a control rod in the horizontal stabilizer. Full accident record