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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-16-759791
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20161104
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161104
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161104

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000092380
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AIR TRANSPORTATION, SCHEDULED [4512]
		IRS NUMBER:				741563240
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07259
		FILM NUMBER:		161974134

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2702 LOVE FIELD DR
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 36611
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75235
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2147924000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 36611
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75235-1611

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AIR SOUTHWEST CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19760108
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 4, 2016 </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Texas</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>1-7259</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>74-1563240</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>P.O. Box 36611, Dallas, Texas</B></TD>
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name or former address if changed since last report.) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below
if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;1.01.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On November 4, 2016, Southwest Airlines Co.
(the &#147;Company&#148;) completed the public offering of $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company&#146;s 3.000% Notes Due 2026 (the &#147;Notes&#148;). The Notes were issued under an indenture, dated as of September 17, 2004 (the
&#147;Base Indenture&#148;), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, as supplemented by that certain officers&#146; certificate of the Company, dated November 4, 2016 (the &#147;Officers&#146; Certificate&#148;
and, together with the Base Indenture, the &#147;Indenture&#148;).&nbsp;A form of the Base Indenture was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company&#146;s automatic shelf registration
statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-203761) (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;), filed with the Commission on April 30, 2015.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The form of the Notes (the &#147;Global Note&#148;) issued pursuant to the Indenture is filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1, and the terms and
conditions thereof are incorporated by reference herein. The Global Note is also filed with reference to, and is hereby incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The material terms of the Notes are described in the prospectus supplement, dated November 1, 2016, filed by the Company with the Commission
on November 2, 2016, pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) of the Securities Act of 1933, which relates to the offer and sale of the Notes and supplements the prospectus, dated April 30, 2015, that constitutes a part of the Registration Statement. The Notes
have been issued pursuant to the Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Financial Statements and Exhibits </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SOUTHWEST&nbsp;AIRLINES&nbsp;CO.</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date:&nbsp;November&nbsp;4,&nbsp;2016</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Mark R. Shaw</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Mark R.&nbsp;Shaw</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Senior&nbsp;Vice&nbsp;President,&nbsp;General&nbsp;Counsel&nbsp;and Corporate Secretary</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY.&nbsp;THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND, EXCEPT IN SUCH
LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES, MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A
SUCCESSOR OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (&#147;DTC&#148;), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &amp; CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME
AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE &amp; CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE &amp; CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>3.000% Notes Due 2026 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Southwest Airlines Co., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Texas (herein called the
&#147;Company,&#148; which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede &amp; Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
on November 15,&nbsp;2026, and to pay interest thereon from November 4, 2016 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as hereinafter defined) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on May&nbsp;15 and
November&nbsp;15 (each, an &#147;Interest Payment Date&#148;) in each year, commencing May 15, 2017, at the rate of 3.000% per annum, until the principal hereof is fully paid or made available for full payment. Interest on this Security shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, subject to certain exceptions provided in such Indenture, be paid to the person in
whose name this Security is registered on the Security register or registers of the Company at the close of business on April&nbsp;30 or October&nbsp;31 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.
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available funds of the United States of America as at the time of payment are legal tender for payment of public and private debts. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth below, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the
same effect as if set forth in this place. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
below by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dated:&nbsp;November 4, 2016 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Tammy Romo</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;as Trustee </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of September 17, 2004 (herein called the &#147;<U>Indenture</U>&#148;), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (herein called the
&#147;<U>Trustee</U>&#148;, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture, all indentures supplemental thereto, and the Officers&#146; Certificate dated November 4, 2016, setting forth the terms of the debt
securities of this series, reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitation of rights, duties, and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, and the holders of the Securities (as defined below) and of the terms
upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of a series designated as 3.000% Notes Due 2026 (the &#147;<U>Securities</U>&#148;). This Security is a Global Security representing the entire principal
amount of Securities, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $300,000,000, but subject to the right of the Company to issue and sell additional Securities in the future without the consent of the holders thereof. Any additional
securities of this series, together with this Security, shall constitute a single series under the Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Redemption </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Securities shall be redeemable, at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at any time, on at least 20 days but not more than 60
days&#146; prior notice sent to the registered address of each holder of Securities to be so redeemed. If the Securities are redeemed at any time prior to the Par Call Date, the Securities will be redeemed at a redemption price equal to the greater
of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be so redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on such Securities that would have been made if the Securities matured on
the Par Call Date (exclusive of interest accrued to the redemption date) discounted to the redemption date, on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at the Treasury Rate (as defined herein) plus 20 basis
points, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to such redemption date. If the Securities are redeemed on or after the Par Call Date, the Securities will be redeemed at a redemption price equal to
100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date. In either case, the redemption is subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive
interest due on an Interest Payment Date that is on or before the date of redemption. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If fewer than all of the Securities are to be
redeemed at any time, selection of Securities for redemption will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Securities are listed or, if the Securities are not
listed on a national securities exchange, on a pro rata basis, by lot, or such other method as the trustee deems appropriate and fair (or such other method as the DTC may require); provided, however, that the Securities will be redeemed only in the
minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples thereof of $1,000. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of determining the redemption price, the following
definitions shall apply: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Comparable Treasury Issue&#148; means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent
as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term </P>

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of the Securities to be redeemed, calculated as if the maturity date of the Securities were the Par Call Date (the &#147;Remaining Life&#148;), that would be utilized, at the time of selection
and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the Remaining Life.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Comparable Treasury Price&#148; means, with respect to any redemption date, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for
such redemption date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Par Call Date&#148; means August 15<B>, </B>2026 (three months prior to the maturity date). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Quotation Agent&#148; means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Reference Treasury Dealer&#148; means each of Morgan Stanley &amp; Co. LLC and BNP Paribas Securities Corp. and their respective
successors; provided, however, that if either of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a &#147;Primary Treasury Dealer&#148;), the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury
Dealer. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations&#148; means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date,
the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company and the Trustee by such Reference Treasury
Dealer at 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Treasury Rate&#148; means, with
respect to any redemption date, the rate per year equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated yield (on a day count basis) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated by the Quotation Agent on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any such redemption may, at the Company&#146;s discretion, be conditioned upon (i) the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined below) or
(ii) the closing of another transaction, including a sale of securities or other financing, in each case as specified in the notice in reasonable detail. A notice of conditional redemption will be of no effect unless all conditions to the redemption
have occurred on or before the redemption date or have been waived by the Company on or before the redemption date. The Company will provide notice of the satisfaction of all conditions as soon as practicable following occurrence of the conditions.
The Company will provide notice of any waiver of a condition or failure to meet such conditions no later than the redemption date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Change of
Control </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, unless the Company has otherwise exercised its right to
redeem the Securities, each holder of such Securities will have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of such holder&#146;s Securities pursuant </P>

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to the offer described below (the &#147;Change of Control Offer&#148;), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the
date of purchase, subject to the rights of holders of Securities on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control Triggering Event occurred, or at the Company&#146;s option, prior to any
Change of Control but after the public announcement of the Change of Control, unless the Company has otherwise exercised the Company&#146;s right to redeem the Securities, the Company shall deliver a notice to each holder of Securities, with a copy
to the Trustee, which notice will govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. Such notice will state, among other things, the purchase date, which must be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent, other
than as may be required by law (the &#147;Change of Control Payment Date&#148;). The notice, if sent prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, will state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control
Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date. Holders of Securities electing to have Securities purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer must surrender their Securities, with the form entitled &#147;Option of
Holder to Elect Purchase&#148; on the reverse of the Security completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice, or transfer their Securities to the Paying Agent by book-entry transfer pursuant to the applicable procedures of
DTC, before the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company will not be required
to make a Change of Control Offer if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for such an offer made by the Company and such third party purchases all Securities properly
tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities
validly tender and do not withdraw the Securities in a Change of Control Offer and the Company, or any third party making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Company, purchases all of the Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn by such
holders, the Company will have the right, upon not less than 20 nor more than 60 days&#146; prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer described above, to redeem all Securities that
remain outstanding following such purchase at a redemption price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of redemption (subject to the right of holders of record on the
relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule
14e-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the&nbsp;&#147;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#148;) and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the
Securities as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with the change of control offer provisions of the Securities, the Company will comply with those
securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the change of control offer provisions of the Securities by virtue of any such conflict. </P>

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the Securities shall not have any right to require the Company to repurchase or redeem the Securities in the event of a takeover, recapitalization, or similar transaction. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As used herein: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Below
Investment Grade Rating Event&#148; means the rating on the Securities is lowered by each of the Rating Agencies and the Securities are rated below Investment Grade by each of the Rating Agencies on any day within the 60-day period (which 60-day
period will be extended so long as the rating of the Securities is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) after the earlier of (1) the occurrence of a Change of Control or (2) public notice of
the occurrence of a Change of Control or the Company&#146;s intention to effect a Change of Control; provided that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have
occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to
which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Company and the Trustee in writing at its request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or
arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the Below Investment Grade Rating Event). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Change of Control&#148; means the consummation of any transaction (including without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result
of which is that any &#147;person&#148; (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or its subsidiaries, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly
or indirectly, of more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company&#146;s Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which the Company&#146;s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged, or changed measured by voting power rather
than number of shares, other than any such transaction where: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) the Company&#146;s outstanding Voting Stock is
reclassified, consolidated, exchanged, or changed for other Voting Stock of the Company or for Voting Stock of the surviving corporation, and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) the holders of the Company&#146;s Voting Stock immediately before that transaction own, directly or indirectly, not less
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generally in the election of the board of directors of such person. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Supplemental Indentures </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding of all series to be affected (voting as one class), evidenced as in the Indenture provided, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of the Securities of each such series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall (i) extend
the stated maturity of any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of any interest thereon, or reduce any amount payable on redemption thereof or impair or affect the right of any holder of
Securities to institute suit for payment thereof or right of repayment, if any, at the option of a holder of the Securities, without the consent of the holder of each Security so affected, or (ii) reduce the percentage of aggregate principal amount
of Securities of any series or of all series (voting as one class), as the case may be, the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the holders of all outstanding Securities of each such
series so affected. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Denominations </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Securities are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Exchange </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Global
Security shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in the names of persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security or its nominee only as provided in this paragraph. This Global Security shall be so exchangeable if (x) the
Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for this Global Security or if at </P>

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any time such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered as such under the Exchange Act, and the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary for this Global Security within 90 days
after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such event, (y) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee written instructions that this Global Security shall be so exchangeable, or (z) there shall have occurred and be continuing
an Event of Default or an event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Securities. Securities so issued in exchange for this Global Security shall be of the same series
and of like tenor, in authorized denominations and in the aggregate having the same principal amount as this Global Security and registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall direct. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Transfer </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security register or registers of the Company, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency
of the Company in any place where the principal of and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security registrar, duly executed by the
registered holder hereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon on or more new Securities, and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees. At the date of the Indenture, such agency of the Company is located at the office of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, at 750 N. Saint Paul Place, Suite 1750, Dallas, Texas&nbsp;75201. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No service charge shall be made for any such exchange or registration of transfer, but the Company or the Securities registrar may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Prior to due presentment of
this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All payments made to or upon the order of such registered holder shall, to the extent of the sum or sums paid, effectually satisfy and
discharge liability for moneys payable on this Security. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Miscellaneous </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Securities are not subject to any sinking fund. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance of the entire indebtedness of the Securities upon compliance by the Company with certain
conditions set forth therein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the
Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. </P>

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assigned to them in the Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">November 4, 2016 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Southwest
Airlines Co. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2702 Love Field Drive </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dallas, Texas 75235 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Re: 3.000% Notes Due 2026 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Ladies and Gentlemen: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have acted as counsel for Southwest Airlines Co., a Texas corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), with respect to certain legal
matters in connection with the registration by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;<U>Securities Act</U>&#148;) of the offer and sale by the Company of $300,000,000 principal amount of 3.000% Notes Due 2026 (the
&#147;<U>Notes</U>&#148;), pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, dated November 1, 2016 (the &#147;<U>Underwriting Agreement</U>&#148;), among the Company and Morgan Stanley &amp; Co. LLC and BNP Paribas Securities Corp., for themselves and as
representatives of the underwriters party thereto (the &#147;<U>Underwriters</U>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Notes have been offered for sale pursuant to
a prospectus supplement, dated November 1, 2016, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;) pursuant to Rule 424(b) on November 2, 2016, to the prospectus, dated April 30, 2015 (as amended and supplemented
by the prospectus supplement, the &#147;<U>Prospectus</U>&#148;), that constitutes a part of the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. No. 333-203761), filed with the Commission on April 30, 2015 (the
&#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>&#148;), which Registration Statement became effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act. The Notes will be issued under an indenture, dated as of September 17, 2004,
between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (in such capacity, the &#147;<U>Trustee</U>&#148;), as supplemented by that certain officers&#146; certificate of the Company, dated November 4, 2016, establishing the terms
of the Notes (together, the &#147;<U>Indenture</U>&#148;).</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our
satisfaction, of (i) the Company&#146;s Restated Certificate of Formation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, (ii) certain resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company relating to the Registration Statement and
related matters, (iii) certain resolutions adopted by the Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company relating to the issuance and sale of the Notes, (iv) the Registration Statement, (v) the Prospectus, (vi) the Indenture and (vii)
such other certificates, instruments and documents as we considered appropriate for purposes of the opinions hereafter expressed. In addition, we reviewed such questions of law as we considered appropriate. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Vinson &amp; Elkins LLP Attorneys at Law</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Austin&nbsp;&nbsp;Beijing&nbsp;&nbsp;Dallas&nbsp;&nbsp;Dubai&nbsp;&nbsp;Hong Kong&nbsp;&nbsp;Houston&nbsp;&nbsp;London&nbsp;&nbsp;Moscow&nbsp;&nbsp;New York</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Palo Alto&nbsp;&nbsp;Richmond&nbsp;&nbsp;Riyadh&nbsp;&nbsp;San Francisco&nbsp;&nbsp;Taipei&nbsp;&nbsp;Tokyo&nbsp;&nbsp;Washington</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Trammell Crow Center, 2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 3700</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dallas, TX 75201-2975</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Tel</B> <B>+</B>1.214.220.7700 <B>Fax</B>
<B>+</B>1.214.220.7716 <B>www.velaw.com</B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As to any facts material to the opinions contained herein, we have made no independent investigation of such facts and have relied, to the
extent that we deem such reliance proper, upon certificates of public officials and officers or other representatives of the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In
connection with rendering the opinions set forth below, we have assumed that (i) all information contained in all documents we reviewed is true, correct and complete, (ii) all signatures on all documents we reviewed are genuine, (iii) all documents
submitted to us as originals are true and complete, (iv) all documents submitted to us as copies are true and complete copies of the originals thereof, (v) all persons executing and delivering the documents we examined were competent to execute and
deliver such documents, (vi) all Notes will be issued and sold in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and in the manner stated in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement (vii) the Underwriting Agreement has been duly
authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Underwriters and (viii) the Indenture was duly authorized, executed, and delivered by the Trustee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based upon such examination and review and the assumptions, qualifications, limitations and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion
that the Notes have been duly authorized, executed and issued by the Company and, assuming that the Notes have been duly authenticated by the Trustee, they constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion is limited in all respects to the laws of the States of Texas and the federal laws of the United States of America, and we do not
express any opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion letter may be filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Very truly yours, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Vinson &amp; Elkins L.L.P. </P>
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