United Airlines ORD to MSY on-time performance
United Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to New Orleans · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
76%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.3%
11 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
66 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 7
route average 75% on time
Key facts
- United Airlines flights on ORD to MSY arrived on time 76% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.3% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #5 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (48%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft48%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)32%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion14%
- Extreme weather6%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ORD to MSY
- Envoy Air83% on time · 10 min avg delay
- American Airlines61% on time · 35 min avg delay
- Republic Airways80% on time · 15 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines70% on time · 25 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines79% on time · 13 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines82% on time · 23 min avg delay
Full ORD to MSY comparison →
United Airlines on-time record across all routes →
843 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 11 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.