UA2778United Airlines · ORD → MSY
live · 58m ago
Route confirmed United Airlines

UA2778 ChicagoORD · 07:59 New OrleansMSY · 09:27

UA2778 by United Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to New Orleans (MSY) for the Sun, Nov 1 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate F14 · as of 01:54
07:59

departs ORD · on schedule

Typical gate push−4 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−6 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~2 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
−4 gate · −6 arrival
10-30
−4 gate · +8 arrival
10-29
+9 gate · +1 arrival
10-28
−8 gate · −16 arrival
10-27
−7 gate · −3 arrival
10-26
−6 gate · −15 arrival
10-25
−3 gate · −16 arrival

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

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −6 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoHigh riskORD delay board →
MSYNew OrleansOn-time likelyMSY delay board →
ORD→MSYevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+10 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by MSY (New Orleans), currently flying MVFR (marginal 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 on this route

Forecast

Chicago to New Orleans with United Airlines · Mon 2 Nov, local date

Outlook: high
Chance a departure is cancelled
2.1%3.6× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
13%1.2× usual

Forecast weather: 88% chance of rain at New Orleans

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 4 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
W
T
F
S
S

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

Other Chicago to New Orleans flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA1532departs 10:41
UA5689departs 14:00
UA1680departs 14:10
UA5745departs 14:10
UA1761departs 20:12
UA8237departs 21:30

If UA2778 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to New Orleans on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ORD 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 UA2778 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA2778 across the ORD and MSY boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 9/9 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA2778 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
10-31ORD 06:58 06:54 (−4)MSY 09:27 09:21 (−6)
10-30ORD 07:00 06:56 (−4)MSY 09:29 09:37 (+8)
10-29ORD 07:00 07:09 (+9)MSY 09:29 09:30 (+1)
10-28ORD 07:00 06:52 (−8)MSY 09:26 09:10 (−16)
10-27ORD 07:00 06:53 (−7)MSY 09:26 09:23 (−3)
10-26ORD 07:00 06:54 (−6)MSY 09:29 09:14 (−15)
10-25ORD 07:00 06:57 (−3)MSY 09:29 09:13 (−16)
10-24ORD 07:05 06:58 (−7)MSY 09:34 09:07 (−27)
10-23ORD 07:05 07:51 (+46)MSY 09:35 09:49 (+14)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N37560, N17254, N81449, N36280.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and MSY published them.

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