UA5926United Airlines · MSY → ORD
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Route confirmed United Airlines

UA5926 New OrleansMSY · 17:41 ChicagoORD · 20:30

UA5926 by United Airlines flies from New Orleans (MSY) to Chicago (ORD) for the Thu, Nov 12 departure.

Right nowEn route to Chicago · off blocks 17:49 · 8 min late
20:30

estimated arrival at ORD · local time · landing about now

En routeUA5926 · position estimated
MSYNew OrleansORDChicago
Estimated from the boardsarr 20:30

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 17:49.

Typical gate push+9 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−9 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~18 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
11-13
+8 gate
11-12
+8 gate · −9 arrival
11-10
+9 gate · −30 arrival
11-09
+9 gate · −5 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
MSYNew OrleansOn-time likelyMSY delay board →
ORDChicagoHigh riskORD delay board →
MSY→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.4%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by ORD (Chicago), 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 at New Orleans

Forecast

Sat 14 Nov, local date

High16°Clikely 14°C to 18°C
Low8°Clikely 6°C to 10°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Chicago

Forecast

Sat 14 Nov, local date

High7°Clikely 5°C to 9°C
Low0°Clikely −2°C to 2°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other New Orleans to Chicago flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA2844departs 07:00
UA398departs 10:28
UA1301departs 14:25
UA1472departs 17:30
UA1684departs 17:40

If UA5926 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from New Orleans to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MSY 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 UA5926 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA5926 across the MSY and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~9 min early. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 3/3 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 UA5926 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
11-13MSY 17:41 17:49 (+8)ORD 20:30
11-12MSY 17:41 17:49 (+8)ORD 20:30 20:21 (−9)
11-10MSY 17:41 17:50 (+9)ORD 20:30 20:00 (−30)
11-09MSY 17:41 17:50 (+9)ORD 20:30 20:25 (−5)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N206SY, N134SY, N163SY.

Board clocks recorded as MSY and ORD published them.

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