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UA1591

Los Angeles (LAX) to Houston (IAH) · scheduled 1:10 PM – 6:28 PM

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How UA1591 performs

397 operations, 2024-08-19 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
78.6%
308 of 392 completed
Cancellation rate
1.01%
4 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-3 min
Average 8.0 min
Severe delays
6.6%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
67 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
83.5%
Left the gate on time

UA1591 arrived on time 78.6% of the time, against 85.4% for all LAXIAH flights — this specific departure is 6.8 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 9.3 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 397 operations between 2024-08-19 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA159178.6%1.01%-3 min6.6%397
United Airlines on LAXIAH87.9%1.03%-11 min3.8%10,198
All LAXIAH flights85.4%1.06%-9 min5.0%16,063

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-08-19 to 2026-06-30

Other routes UA1591 has flown

A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.

RouteOperatedFlightsOn time
IAHPIT Houston to Pittsburgh2026-05-212026-06-3041
IAHATL Houston to Atlanta2024-05-232026-05-2013769.4%
LASLAX Las Vegas to Los Angeles2025-03-312026-02-1118186.0%
EWRLAS Newark to Las Vegas2026-01-082026-02-0920
ORFORD Norfolk to Chicago2025-12-202026-01-033
MSNORD Madison to Chicago2025-09-022025-09-2423
LAXEWR Los Angeles to Newark2025-08-192025-09-0114
IAHMIA Houston to Miami2025-06-262025-08-1853
EWRPBI Newark to West Palm Beach2025-04-202025-04-272
JAXEWR Jacksonville to Newark2025-04-132025-04-263
ORDJAC Chicago to Jackson2025-03-302025-04-063
RSWIAH Fort Myers to Houston2024-06-272024-08-1853
PDXIAH Portland to Houston2024-05-232024-06-2635
DENEWR Denver to Newark2023-07-012024-05-2230372.5%
DENSFO Denver to San Francisco2024-03-072024-03-3024

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1591 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 397 records of UA1591 operating LAXIAH, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.

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