Eppley Airfield (OMA) delays & on-time performance
Omaha, Nebraska · 36 nonstop destinations · 11 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at OMA right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.2%
314 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
77 min when late
Departed on time
81%
avg taxi-out 15 min
Figures cover 25,258 departures from OMA; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into OMA were on time 76% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Eppley Airfield (OMA) arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1.2% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (88% on time); Southwest Airlines was the least (79%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (90% on time); around 7pm did worst (63%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (37%).
Most delayed routes from OMA
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- BNA · Nashville75%401 flts
- ORD · Chicago76%3,063 flts
- DEN · Denver76%3,307 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth77%1,564 flts
- DAL · Dallas79%432 flts
- HOU · Houston80%378 flts
- DCA · Washington80%645 flts
- MSP · Minneapolis81%1,456 flts
- MDW · Chicago81%1,327 flts
- DTW · Detroit81%1,145 flts
Most reliable routes from OMA
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SLC · Salt Lake City91%756 flts
- STL · St. Louis89%826 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles88%587 flts
- ATL · Atlanta87%1,788 flts
- IAH · Houston87%824 flts
- SEA · Seattle87%510 flts
- SFO · San Francisco86%369 flts
- CLT · Charlotte84%1,003 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas83%1,127 flts
- MCO · Orlando82%378 flts
Best airline at OMA
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 88% | 1.7% | 12 min | 3 | 1,736 |
| Alaska Airlines | 87% | 0.2% | 9 min | 1 | 510 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 83% | 0.9% | 15 min | 10 | 5,388 |
| Envoy Air | 81% | 2.7% | 15 min | 4 | 1,341 |
| American Airlines | 81% | 2.2% | 22 min | 7 | 2,972 |
| United Airlines | 80% | 1.2% | 17 min | 5 | 3,493 |
| Republic Airways | 79% | 2.5% | 17 min | 5 | 644 |
| Southwest Airlines | 79% | 0.7% | 13 min | 16 | 7,965 |
| PSA Airlines | 77% | 4.2% | 18 min | 4 | 265 |
| Allegiant Air | 76% | 0.6% | 24 min | 9 | 637 |
| Frontier Airlines | 70% | 0.7% | 39 min | 4 | 307 |
Best time to fly out of OMA
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am90%1,432 flts
- 6am90%3,647 flts
- 7am89%1,784 flts
- 8am90%1,418 flts
- 9am77%1,062 flts
- 10am82%1,436 flts
- 11am82%1,565 flts
- 12pm79%1,311 flts
- 1pm81%1,835 flts
- 2pm81%1,319 flts
- 3pm78%2,039 flts
- 4pm69%1,001 flts
- 5pm75%2,216 flts
- 6pm73%1,588 flts
- 7pm63%1,043 flts
- 8pm66%393 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft37%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)35%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion22%
- Extreme weather6%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.