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United Airlines MSY to EWR on-time performance

United Airlines nonstop flights from New Orleans to Newark · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
85%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.9%
20 flights
Avg arrival delay
12 min
79 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 85% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on MSY to EWR arrived on time 85% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.9% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 85% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (49%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 60.0% on time, 3.4% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 67.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 89.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 74.2% on time, 2.1% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 69.9% on time, 3.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 88.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 94.3% on time, 4.1% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 97.3% on time, 7.4% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 82.2% on time, 1.1% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 94.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 96.3% on time, 0.9% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 90.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 77.6% on time, 3.8% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion49%
  • Late-arriving aircraft33%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)17%
  • Extreme weather1%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on MSY to EWR

Full MSY to EWR comparison →
United Airlines on-time record across all routes →

1,036 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 20 cancelled, 6 diverted.

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.