Southwest Airlines LUV Operating Cash Flow
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Where this comes from
Reported directly by Southwest Airlines in its filing.
Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities.
The official record: Southwest Airlines’s 10-Q, filed April 23, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Southwest Airlines's operating cash flow?
- Southwest Airlines (LUV) reported operating cash flow of $1.42B in Q1 2026.
- How has Southwest Airlines's operating cash flow changed year-over-year?
- Southwest Airlines's operating cash flow increased by 64.9% year-over-year, from $860M to $1.42B.
- What is the long-term trend for Southwest Airlines's operating cash flow?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Southwest Airlines's operating cash flow has grown at a -5.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $2.32B to $1.84B.
- What does operating cash flow mean?
- Total cash generated by or used in core business operations — the single most important cash flow metric for assessing business health.