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Flight Reliability

UA 2235 · United Airlines

New Orleans → Newark (MSYEWR)88% of its flights flew this route. The rest (MCO–CLE, IND–IAH) are included in these numbers.

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
21 min
Average arrival delay
2.6%
Cancelled
8 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 305 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Thursdays have been rough.

UA 2235 arrived on time 82% of the time on Tuesdays and just 59% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Lagging the MSY–EWR route.

UA 2235 arrived on time 73% of the time, versus 84% across the MSY–EWR route.

A bit behind the United Airlines network.

UA 2235 arrived on time 73% of the time, versus 79% across the United Airlines network.

Trending in the right direction.

UA 2235 arrived on time 90% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(44 flights)
  • Tue82%(45 flights)
  • Wed80%(44 flights)
  • Thu59%(44 flights)
  • Fri70%(47 flights)
  • Sat76%(25 flights)
  • Sun65%(46 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM74%(19 flights)
  • 12–3 PM(2 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(39 flights)
  • 6–9 PM73%(235 flights)
On-time trend by month
97%
May

Jun 59% → May 97% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202559%29
July 202532%25
August 202546%28
September 202582%28
October 202577%26
November 202564%22
December 202574%31
February 2026100%15
March 202681%26
April 202693%30
May 202697%30
Departures on time
70%
Diverted
0.7%
Flights flown
295
Months covered
12

Based on 305 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.