Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
UA 2042 · Dulles (IAD) → New Orleans (MSY)
Sold by United. Still flying: 56 of the last 56 days (Daily).
Arrives on time70%within 15 minutes, of 72 flights
Cancelled1.4%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late17%of flights that operated
When late, on average108 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (New Orleans is 1 h behind Dulles).
- Leaves IAD
- 20:02
- Arrives MSY
- 21:49
- Flight time
- 2h 47m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 56 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 IAD
All flights leaving Dulles (IAD) at 8–9 pm, wherever they’re going: 70% left within 15 minutes and 1.9% were cancelled (970 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.