Eppley Airfield in August 2023

82.9%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,939 domestic departures from Eppley Airfield (OMA). 82.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.3% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so OMA departures were 6.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at OMA that month were on time 76.6% of the time (1,939 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 82.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.5%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from OMA in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	OMA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	82.9%	—	80.0%	76.7%
Arrived on time	82.3%	—	79.8%	76.9%
Cancelled	1.2%	—	1.2%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.4 min	—	15.6 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	65	—	69	20,100
Scheduled departures	1,939	—	25,258	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	653	34%	79.5%	3.5 min	1.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	317	16%	89.9%	-2.3 min	0.9%
UA United Airlines	290	15%	79.0%	7.9 min	1.7%
AA American Airlines	217	11%	81.6%	4.9 min	0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	179	9%	83.2%	6.0 min	1.1%
YX Republic Airline	84	4%	91.7%	-16.5 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	53	3%	83.0%	0.9 min	1.9%
AS Alaska Airlines	44	2%	97.7%	-12.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	37	2%	70.3%	10.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	37	2%	81.1%	-1.8 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	28	1%	57.1%	24.4 min	7.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OMA–DEN	Omaha to Denver	291	72.5%	9.5 min	1.0%
OMA–ORD	Omaha to Chicago	183	76.0%	9.1 min	2.2%
OMA–ATL	Omaha to Atlanta	179	82.1%	4.3 min	1.1%
OMA–MDW	Omaha to Chicago	155	84.5%	0.0 min	1.9%
OMA–DFW	Omaha to Dallas/Fort Worth	124	81.5%	8.8 min	0.8%
OMA–MSP	Omaha to Minneapolis	120	89.2%	-0.5 min	0.0%
OMA–LGA	Omaha to New York	110	88.2%	-8.2 min	0.9%
OMA–PHX	Omaha to Phoenix	95	87.4%	-3.7 min	0.0%
OMA–DTW	Omaha to Detroit	93	84.9%	5.3 min	2.2%
OMA–LAS	Omaha to Las Vegas	74	67.6%	12.3 min	4.1%
OMA–CLT	Omaha to Charlotte	62	77.4%	5.7 min	1.6%
OMA–SLC	Omaha to Salt Lake City	62	98.4%	-8.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	30.8%	36.7%	6,268
Late-arriving aircraft	41.9%	42.2%	8,528
National Aviation System	17.6%	15.7%	3,574
Extreme weather	9.7%	5.1%	1,980
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

20,350 delay minutes on 319 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left OMA on time in August 2023?

82.9% of 1,939 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for OMA · methodology · corrections.