SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO: Fall Events Booking Now

Published: 2025-06-16 11:20:16 ET LUV

Published on 06/16/2025 at 11:20

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO: More flights are available for booking today to connect Customers to high-profile college and professional football games, along with popular fall events. The extra flights include increased frequencies on existing Southwest routes and connecting cities not currently served nonstop.

Saturdays Are for SouthwestFor college football fans, the Official Airline of the Southeastern Conference has added 59 flights for 19 games throughout the fall, including 13 SEC games.

Six additional flights are scheduled to depart to Columbus, Ohio, from Dallas, Austin and Houston on Aug. 29 and eight will return to those cities Aug. 31, creating multiple itinerary options for fans attending the rematch of January's national semifinal game between Texas and Ohio State.

OKC Will Rogers International Airport will be connected to four routes not traditionally served with flights to and from Eugene, Oregon (Oklahoma State at Oregon on Sept. 6), Detroit (Michigan at Oklahoma on Sept. 6), Atlanta (Auburn at Oklahoma on Sept. 20), and Birmingham, Alabama (Oklahoma at Alabama on Nov. 15).

Two games at famed Notre Dame Stadium will have additional flights into Chicago Midway International Airport with service from Austin, Dallas, and Houston for the Texas A&M-Notre Dame matchup on Sept. 13 and service from Boise, Idaho for Boise State-Notre Dame on Oct 4.

The airline is connecting Jackson, Miss., and Las Vegas for the first time for the HBCU Classic featuring Grambling and Jackson State on Oct. 25.

College Football Game Extra Flights*

Aug. 29: Auburn at Baylor

Aug. 30: LSU at Clemson**

Aug. 30: Texas at Ohio State

Sept. 1: TCU at North Carolina

Sept. 6: Oklahoma State at Oregon**

Sept. 6: Michigan at Oklahoma**

Sept. 13: Texas A&M at Notre Dame

Sept. 13: Wisconsin at Alabama**

Sept. 13: Florida at LSU

Sept. 20: Auburn at Oklahoma**

Sept. 27: Ohio State at Washington**

Oct. 4: Boise State at Notre Dame**

Oct. 18: LSU at Vanderbilt

Oct. 18: Texas at Kentucky**

Oct. 25: Grambling vs. Jackson State (Las Vegas)**

Nov. 8: Florida at Kentucky

Nov. 8: BYU at Texas Tech**

Nov. 15: Texas at Georgia

Nov. 15: Oklahoma at Alabama**

* - Flights to select nearby airports Southwest serves on days surrounding date of game

** - Route not currently served

?Travel Like a ProOut for sale are 54 additional flights for 24 key matchups, giving nearly half of professional football fanbases a chance to catch their team on the road this season. Seven routes not currently served nonstop that are out for sale on select weekends are (home team city listed last) Buffalo-Atlanta, Buffalo-Charlotte, Kansas City-Jacksonville, Kansas City-Buffalo, Milwaukee-Cleveland, New Orleans-Buffalo, and Oakland-New Orleans.

Fans from five different cities with professional teams will have the chance to follow their team to Las Vegas with added frequencies from Chicago (Midway) for the game on Sept. 28, Nashville for the game on Oct. 12, Dallas (Love Field) and El Paso for the game on Nov. 17, Cleveland for the game on Nov. 23 and Denver for the game on Dec. 7.

Professional Football Games Extra Flights*

Sept. 7: Tennessee at Denver

Sept. 7: Baltimore at Buffalo

Sept. 7: Arizona at New Orleans

Sept. 11: Washington at Green Bay

Sept. 14: San Francisco at New Orleans**

Sept. 21: Green Bay at Cleveland**

Sept. 28: Washington at Atlanta

Sept. 28: Chicago at Las Vegas

Sept. 28: Green Bay at Dallas

Sept. 28: New Orleans at Buffalo**

Oct. 6: Kansas City at Jacksonville**

Oct. 12: Nashville at Las Vegas

Oct. 13: Buffalo at Atlanta**

Oct. 19: Green Bay at Arizona

Oct. 19: New Orleans at Chicago

Oct. 26: Buffalo at Carolina**

Oct. 26: Tampa Bay at New Orleans

Oct. 30: Baltimore at Miami

Nov. 2: Kansas City at Buffalo**

Nov. 9: Buffalo at Miami

Nov. 9: Baltimore at Minnesota

Nov. 17: Dallas at Las Vegas

Nov. 23: Cleveland at Las Vegas

Dec. 7: Denver at Las Vegas

* - Flights to select nearby airports Southwest serves on days surrounding date of game

** - Route not currently served

Festivals, Fast Cars and Finals RodeoMore options are available for Customers wishing to attend popular events throughout the fall season. Southwest Customers can choose from more than 50 flights to five events, including three events that span multiple weekends.

In Austin, both weekends of the Texas state capital's biggest music festival (Oct. 3-5 and Oct. 10-12) and the U.S. grand prix for open-wheel auto racing (Oct. 18-19) have extra flights scheduled. Other events with extra flights include a bass music festival in Columbus, Ohio (Sept. 19-21), a balloon festival in Albuquerque, N.M. (Oct. 4-5 and Oct. 11-12), and rodeo's premier championship in Las Vegas (Dec. 4-7 and Dec. 11-13).

These flights, and the carrier's full schedule, are available for purchase today at Southwest.com.

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