Southwest Airlines has added dozens of new flight options for football fans in anticipation of this month's College Football Playoff and bowl season.
Many of the flights are scheduled on routes not currently served by Southwest, with the help of the airline’s point-to-point network. In total, 41 new flights are now available to take fans to up to eight different games.
The low-cost carrier, which is the official airline of the Southeastern Conference, has added flights between Birmingham, Alabama, and Oklahoma City for the first-round playoff matchup between Alabama and Oklahoma on December 19.
Southwest has also added flights for bowl games in Orlando, Tampa and Las Vegas, as well as all four College Football Playoff quarterfinal games in Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami and New Orleans.
For the Orange Bowl quarterfinal showdown in Miami on January 1, nine flights from Texas airports were added to Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Here's a complete breakdown of the additional flight options:
First-Round Playoff Game in Norman, Oklahoma
Thursday, December 18
- Flight 5087 – Depart BHM at 2:00 p.m., Arrive OKC at 4:05 p.m.
Friday, December 19
- Flight 5088 – Depart BHM at 8:50 a.m., Arrive OKC at 10:55 a.m.
Saturday, December 20
- Flight 5089 – Depart OKC at 9:15 a.m., Arrive BHM at 11:00 a.m.
- Flight 5090 – Depart OKC at 2:15 p.m., Arrive BHM at 3:55 p.m.
Bowl Game in Orlando, Florida
Tuesday, December 30
- Flight 5093 – Depart DAL at 3:05 p.m., Arrive MCO at 6:35 p.m.
Bowl Game in Tampa, Florida
Tuesday, December 30
- Flight 5092 – Depart BNA at 3:05 p.m., Arrive TPA at 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 1
- Flight 5092 – Depart TPA at 12:05 p.m., Arrive BNA at 1:05 p.m.
Bowl Game in Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday, December 30
- Flight 5089 – Depart OMA at 2:15 p.m., Arrive LAS at 3:15 p.m.
Thursday, January 1
- Flight 5087 – Depart LAS at 6:50 a.m., Arrive OMA at 11:25 a.m.
- Flight 5088 – Depart LAS at 2:40 p.m., Arrive OMA at 7:15 p.m.
Playoff Quarterfinal Bowl Game in Arlington, Texas
Tuesday, December 30
- Flight 5090 – Depart CLE at 10:05 a.m., Arrive DAL at 12:00 p.m.
- Flight 5087 – Depart CMH at 11:40 a.m., Arrive DAL at 1:20 p.m.
- Flight 5091 – Depart CMH at 4:35 p.m., Arrive DAL at 6:15 p.m.
Thursday, January 1
- Flight 5090 – Depart DAL at 1:30 p.m., Arrive CLE at 5:00 p.m.
- Flight 5089 – Depart DAL at 9:55 a.m., Arrive CMH at 1:10 p.m.
- Flight 5091 – Depart DAL at 2:55 p.m., Arrive CMH at 6:10 p.m.
Playoff Quarterfinal Bowl Game in Pasadena, California
Wednesday, December 31
- Flight 5091 – Depart IND at 8:45 a.m., Arrive LAX at 10:25 a.m.
- Flight 5092 – Depart IND at 6:45 p.m., Arrive LAX at 8:25 p.m.
Friday, January 2
- Flight 5090 – Depart LAX at 6:50 a.m., Arrive IND at 1:45 p.m.
- Flight 5091 – Depart LAX at 4:45 p.m., Arrive IND at 11:40 p.m.
Playoff Quarterfinal Bowl Game in New Orleans, Louisiana
Wednesday, December 31
- Flight 5093 – Depart ATL at 9:30 a.m., Arrive MSY at 10:10 a.m.
- Flight 5094 – Depart ATL at 1:55 p.m., Arrive MSY at 2:30 p.m.
Friday, January 2
- Flight 5087 – Depart MSY at 9:30 a.m., Arrive ATL at 11:55 a.m.
- Flight 5088 – Depart MSY at 1:50 p.m., Arrive ATL at 4:15 p.m.
Playoff Quarterfinal Bowl Game in Miami, Florida
Tuesday, December 30
- Flight 5088 – Depart DAL at 4:45 p.m., Arrive FLL at 8:25 p.m.
Wednesday, December 31
- Flight 5098 – Depart AUS at 7:35 p.m., Arrive FLL at 11:10 p.m.
- Flight 5095 – Depart AUS at 5:40 p.m., Arrive MIA at 9:15 p.m.
- Flight 5096 – Depart DAL at 7:05 a.m., Arrive FLL at 10:40 a.m.
- Flight 5087 – Depart DAL at 7:20 a.m., Arrive MIA at 11:00 a.m.
- Flight 5097 – Depart HOU at 1:55 p.m., Arrive FLL at 5:15 p.m.
- Flight 5088 – Depart HOU at 2:40 p.m., Arrive MIA at 6:00 p.m.
- Flight 5090 – Depart LBB at 5:40 p.m., Arrive FLL at 9:50 p.m.
- Flight 5089 – Depart LBB at 9:20 a.m., Arrive MIA at 1:30 p.m.
Friday, January 2
- Flight 5097 – Depart FLL at 5:55 a.m., Arrive AUS at 8:05 a.m.
- Flight 5092 – Depart MIA at 7:15 a.m., Arrive AUS at 9:25 a.m.
- Flight 5094 – Depart FLL at 6:25 a.m., Arrive DAL at 8:35 a.m.
- Flight 5098 – Depart MIA at 1:15 p.m., Arrive DAL at 3:25 p.m.
- Flight 5089 – Depart FLL at 7:30 p.m., Arrive HOU at 9:25 p.m.
- Flight 5096 – Depart MIA at 9:50 p.m., Arrive HOU at 11:50 p.m.
- Flight 5093 – Depart FLL at 2:35 p.m., Arrive LBB at 5:30 p.m.
- Flight 5095 – Depart MIA at 1:35 p.m., Arrive LBB at 4:25 p.m.
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