Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
UA 1973 · New Orleans (MSY) → San Francisco (SFO)
Sold by United. Not in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule; last flew 2026-05-20.
Arrives on time75%within 15 minutes, of 53 flights
Cancelled1.9%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late8%of flights that operated
When late, on average86 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (San Francisco is 2 h behind New Orleans).
- Leaves MSY
- 09:40
- Arrives SFO
- 12:33
- Flight time
- 4h 53m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 0 of 56
Each square is a day, Sat Jun 6 to Fri Jul 31, two weeks per row (each column is the same weekday); filled = flew.
How late it arrives
Share of flights that operated arriving more than this late.
Horizontal: minutes late at arrival (0 to 3 hours). Vertical: share of flights later than that.
Its hour at MSY
All flights leaving New Orleans (MSY) at 9–10 am, wherever they’re going: 87% left within 15 minutes and 1.4% were cancelled (2,971 flights in the year). Other United flights on this route →
Upcoming forecasts
Our odds that this flight is late or cancelled on the days we publish.