United Airlines MSY to IAH on-time performance
United Airlines nonstop flights from New Orleans to Houston · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
83%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.4%
10 flights
Avg arrival delay
13 min
73 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 4
route average 83% on time
Key facts
- United Airlines flights on MSY to IAH arrived on time 83% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.4% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 83% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (38%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion38%
- Late-arriving aircraft38%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)21%
- Extreme weather4%
- Security0%
Other airlines on MSY to IAH
- Spirit Airlines82% on time · 13 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines81% on time · 59 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines75% on time · 31 min avg delay
Full MSY to IAH comparison →
United Airlines on-time record across all routes →
2,777 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 10 cancelled, 1 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.