United Airlines MSY to ORD on-time performance
United Airlines nonstop flights from New Orleans to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
83%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.4%
12 flights
Avg arrival delay
14 min
76 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 7
route average 78% on time
Key facts
- United Airlines flights on MSY to ORD arrived on time 83% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.4% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 78% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (44%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion44%
- Late-arriving aircraft36%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)14%
- Extreme weather7%
- Security0%
Other airlines on MSY to ORD
- Envoy Air82% on time · 13 min avg delay
- American Airlines70% on time · 40 min avg delay
- Republic Airways79% on time · 16 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines72% on time · 21 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines72% on time · 19 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines64% on time · 25 min avg delay
Full MSY to ORD comparison →
United Airlines on-time record across all routes →
843 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 12 cancelled, 5 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.