UA2161United Airlines · IAH → MSY
live · 33m ago
Route confirmed United Airlines

UA2161 HoustonIAH · 20:25 New OrleansMSY · 21:43

UA2161 by United Airlines flies from Houston (IAH) to New Orleans (MSY) for the Tue, Nov 3 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate C11 · as of 10:33
20:25

departs IAH · on schedule

Wins back in air~30 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-03
−7 arrival
11-02
+22 gate · −7 arrival
11-01
+23 gate

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
IAHHoustonOn-time likelyIAH delay board →
MSYNew OrleansOn-time likelyMSY delay board →
IAH→MSYevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
35%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+6 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by MSY (New Orleans), currently flying VFR (visual). These figures come from both airports' records under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow at Houston

Forecast

Wed 4 Nov, local date

High25°Clikely 22°C to 27°C
Low14°Clikely 11°C to 17°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at New Orleans

Forecast

Wed 4 Nov, local date

High25°Clikely 24°C to 27°C
Low20°Clikely 17°C to 23°C
  • 73% chance of rain

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Houston to New Orleans flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA491departs 07:35
UA2393departs 09:48
UA6141departs 09:48
UA2385departs 12:00
UA2738departs 14:55
UA2194departs 16:30

If UA2161 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Houston to New Orleans on the same day, with scheduled departure times in IAH local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How UA2161 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA2161 across the IAH and MSY boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed -2 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA2161 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
11-03IAH 20:25MSY 21:43 21:36 (−7)
11-02IAH 20:25 20:47 (+22)MSY 21:43 21:36 (−7)
11-01IAH 20:25 20:48 (+23)MSY

Aircraft

Recent tails: N71411.

Board clocks recorded as IAH and MSY published them.

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