UA2291United Airlines · LGA → IAH
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA2291 New YorkLGA · 07:29 HoustonIAH · 10:21

UA2291 by United Airlines flies from New York (LGA) to Houston (IAH) for the Mon, Sep 7 departure.

Right nowEn route to Houston · off blocks 07:22 · 7 min early
En route

en route from LGA to IAH

En routeUA2291 · position estimated
LGANew YorkIAHHouston
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 07:22 · typical taxi-out at LGA ≈ 12.3 min.

Typical gate push−7 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−20 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~13 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-08
−7 gate · −36 arrival
09-07
−7 gate · −36 arrival
09-05
−8 gate · −20 arrival
09-04
−16 arrival

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
LGANew YorkOn-time likelyLGA delay board →
IAHHoustonHigh riskIAH delay board →
LGA→IAHevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.2%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at LGA and IAH are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Under low visibility at LGA, United Airlines has historically cancelled ~17% of flights, vs 4.4% in clear conditions, over the trailing 90 days.

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

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other New York to Houston flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA2242departs 06:00
UA2617departs 10:11
UA1439departs 12:29
UA2674departs 14:00
UA1794departs 15:39
UA1496departs 17:58

If UA2291 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from New York to Houston on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LGA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA2291 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA2291 across the LGA and IAH boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~20 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA2291 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
09-08LGA 07:29 07:22 (−7)IAH 10:21 09:45 (−36)
09-07LGA 07:29 07:22 (−7)IAH 10:21 09:45 (−36)
09-05LGA 07:50 07:42 (−8)IAH 10:42 10:22 (−20)
09-04LGA IAH 10:21 10:05 (−16)

Board clocks recorded as LGA and IAH published them.

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