MSY → SFO United Airlines

United Airlines · New Orleans, LA to San Francisco, CA · 524 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 16 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 90% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 51% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
78%
Median delay
-8 min
90th percentile
+54 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is United Airlines from MSY to SFO?

Across every United Airlines flight number on MSY → SFO (524 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 78% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -8 min; the worst 10% ran +54 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time40578%
16-30 min336%
31-60 min387%
61-120 min275%
2+ hrs173%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073168%+18 min
2025-083077%-2 min
2025-093591%-5 min
2025-105593%-3 min
2025-115684%+1 min
2025-124281%-1 min
2026-015789%-9 min
2026-025086%-8 min
2026-033594%-14 min
2026-045573%+26 min
2026-054445%+21 min
2026-063033%+51 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon8075%
Tue6486%
Wed7583%
Thu7976%
Fri7978%
Sat6279%
Sun8170%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…