Flight profile · United Airlines
UA2181
Houston (IAH) to New York (LGA) · scheduled 12:00 PM – 4:37 PM
How UA2181 performs
397 operations, 2024-10-27 to 2026-06-30.
UA2181 arrived on time 68.1% of the time, against 75.7% for all IAH → LGA flights — this specific departure is 7.6 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 6.1 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 397 operations between 2024-10-27 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA2181 | 68.1% | 0.50% | 0 min | 12.6% | 397 |
| United Airlines on IAH → LGA | 74.2% | 1.77% | -5 min | 11.2% | 6,091 |
| All IAH → LGA flights | 75.7% | 2.18% | -7 min | 10.4% | 12,046 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-10-27 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA2181 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.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| IND→IAH Indianapolis to Houston | 2026-03-30 – 2026-05-20 | 52 | — |
| CLE→ORD Cleveland to Chicago | 2026-03-06 – 2026-03-28 | 23 | — |
| ROC→EWR Rochester to Newark | 2026-03-05 – 2026-03-05 | 1 | — |
| ORD→MSY Chicago to New Orleans | 2026-02-18 – 2026-03-04 | 5 | — |
| SLC→SFO Salt Lake City to San Francisco | 2026-01-08 – 2026-03-02 | 34 | — |
| SFO→ONT San Francisco to Ontario | 2026-02-17 – 2026-02-17 | 1 | — |
| SFO→FLL San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale | 2024-03-31 – 2026-01-02 | 42 | — |
| SLC→IAH Salt Lake City to Houston | 2025-12-02 – 2025-12-17 | 16 | — |
| LGA→ORD New York to Chicago | 2024-05-23 – 2025-12-01 | 185 | 50.0% |
| IAH→SAT Houston to San Antonio | 2025-08-19 – 2025-09-01 | 14 | — |
| PHX→IAH Phoenix to Houston | 2025-02-14 – 2025-08-18 | 154 | 94.0% |
| LGA→IAD New York to Washington | 2025-05-23 – 2025-06-20 | 5 | — |
| SFO→ABQ San Francisco to Albuquerque | 2025-02-13 – 2025-02-13 | 1 | — |
| LAS→IAH Las Vegas to Houston | 2024-12-19 – 2025-01-06 | 18 | — |
| MSN→ORD Madison to Chicago | 2024-11-01 – 2024-11-22 | 2 | — |
| LAX→IAH Los Angeles to Houston | 2024-09-26 – 2024-10-26 | 31 | — |
| LAX→PHX Los Angeles to Phoenix | 2024-06-27 – 2024-09-25 | 91 | 71.1% |
| PHX→IAD Phoenix to Washington | 2024-06-27 – 2024-08-18 | 52 | — |
| SFO→LAX San Francisco to Los Angeles | 2024-07-01 – 2024-08-18 | 49 | — |
| RNO→SFO Reno to San Francisco | 2024-04-03 – 2024-05-22 | 48 | — |
| ORD→PBI Chicago to West Palm Beach | 2024-01-11 – 2024-03-29 | 48 | — |
| LAX→ORD Los Angeles to Chicago | 2024-01-12 – 2024-01-12 | 1 | — |
| ORD→SFO Chicago to San Francisco | 2023-12-21 – 2024-01-08 | 19 | — |
| LAX→LAS Los Angeles to Las Vegas | 2023-11-28 – 2023-12-20 | 22 | — |
| EWR→IND Newark to Indianapolis | 2023-12-13 – 2023-12-13 | 1 | — |
| EWR→BNA Newark to Nashville | 2023-11-01 – 2023-11-27 | 25 | — |
| ORD→MCI Chicago to Kansas City | 2023-09-29 – 2023-10-28 | 28 | — |
| EWR→PIT Newark to Pittsburgh | 2023-10-15 – 2023-10-23 | 2 | — |
| EWR→MKE Newark to Milwaukee | 2023-09-17 – 2023-09-28 | 11 | — |
| GSP→EWR Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg to Newark | 2023-09-06 – 2023-09-15 | 10 | — |
| MSP→ORD Minneapolis to Chicago | 2023-07-05 – 2023-09-04 | 35 | — |
| IAD→EWR Washington to Newark | 2023-07-03 – 2023-07-30 | 4 | — |
| FAT→SFO Fresno to San Francisco | 2023-07-07 – 2023-07-28 | 4 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA2181 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 397 records of UA2181 operating IAH → LGA, 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.