Flight profile · United Airlines
UA2296
New Orleans (MSY) to Houston (IAH) · scheduled 2:14 PM – 3:40 PM
How UA2296 performs
295 operations, 2025-08-19 to 2026-06-30.
UA2296 arrived on time 85.8% of the time, against 83.2% for all MSY → IAH flights — this specific departure is 2.5 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 1.9 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 295 operations between 2025-08-19 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA2296 | 85.8% | 0.00% | -13 min | 6.4% | 295 |
| United Airlines on MSY → IAH | 83.8% | 1.61% | -10 min | 6.4% | 7,783 |
| All MSY → IAH flights | 83.2% | 1.69% | -9 min | 6.5% | 8,827 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-08-19 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA2296 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IAH→DCA Houston to Washington | 2026-06-25 – 2026-06-30 | 5 | — |
| LGA→ORD New York to Chicago | 2026-05-31 – 2026-05-31 | 1 | — |
| ORD→MDT Chicago to Harrisburg | 2026-05-31 – 2026-05-31 | 1 | — |
| IAH→ORD Houston to Chicago | 2025-05-22 – 2026-01-05 | 228 | 44.9% |
| SFO→MSY San Francisco to New Orleans | 2023-09-05 – 2026-01-05 | 39 | — |
| ORD→DEN Chicago to Denver | 2025-08-19 – 2025-12-01 | 89 | — |
| ORD→CID Chicago to Cedar Rapids | 2024-01-09 – 2025-05-21 | 482 | 59.9% |
| SEA→ORD Seattle to Chicago | 2024-12-03 – 2025-03-05 | 37 | — |
| PBI→ORD West Palm Beach to Chicago | 2024-10-27 – 2024-12-02 | 36 | — |
| ROC→ORD Rochester to Chicago | 2024-06-27 – 2024-09-25 | 81 | — |
| SAV→ORD Savannah to Chicago | 2024-03-01 – 2024-03-06 | 6 | — |
| LAS→SFO Las Vegas to San Francisco | 2023-12-21 – 2024-01-08 | 19 | — |
| ORD→BWI Chicago to Baltimore | 2023-11-28 – 2023-12-20 | 23 | — |
| EWR→SEA Newark to Seattle | 2023-10-29 – 2023-11-27 | 29 | — |
| IAH→BOS Houston to Boston | 2023-09-29 – 2023-10-28 | 30 | — |
| MSP→ORD Minneapolis to Chicago | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-04 | 62 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA2296 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 295 records of UA2296 operating MSY → IAH, 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.