Is Southwest Safe? Southwest Airlines is generally considered to be a safe airline. It has a 7/7 safety rating from AirlineRatings.com, which is the highest possible rating. Southwest has also been ranked in the top 20 safest airlines in the world by several other organizations.

However, no airline is completely safe. In 2018, Southwest had a fatal accident when one of its planes made an emergency landing in Philadelphia. This was the first fatal accident for Southwest in over 10 years.