Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
UA 2497 · New Orleans (MSY) → Dulles (IAD)
Sold by United. Still flying: 40 of the last 56 days (Mon–Fri).
Arrives on time92%within 15 minutes, of 174 flights
Cancelled1.1%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late2%of flights that operated
When late, on average92 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Dulles is 1 h ahead of New Orleans).
- Leaves MSY
- 12:17
- Arrives IAD
- 15:50
- Flight time
- 2h 33m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 40 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 12–1 pm, wherever they’re going: 77% left within 15 minutes and 1.5% were cancelled (2,629 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.