Eppley Airfield in September 2023

86.2%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,871 domestic departures from Eppley Airfield (OMA). 86.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.9% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so OMA departures were 5.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at OMA that month were on time 80.1% of the time (1,874 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 85.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.0%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	OMA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	86.2%	—	80.0%	80.5%
Arrived on time	85.9%	—	79.8%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	1.2%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.9 min	—	15.6 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	62	—	69	18,978
Scheduled departures	1,871	—	25,258	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	617	33%	84.6%	2.3 min	0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	318	17%	84.0%	8.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	266	14%	87.2%	-0.2 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	221	12%	88.7%	4.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	186	10%	94.6%	-7.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	137	7%	78.1%	6.2 min	3.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	43	2%	90.7%	-6.7 min	2.3%
MQ Envoy Air	33	2%	84.8%	-0.6 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	31	2%	71.0%	3.5 min	9.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	10	1%	90.0%	-3.5 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	9	0%	100.0%	-10.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OMA–DEN	Omaha to Denver	261	83.5%	1.2 min	0.0%
OMA–ATL	Omaha to Atlanta	188	94.7%	-6.9 min	0.0%
OMA–ORD	Omaha to Chicago	188	81.4%	10.9 min	0.0%
OMA–MDW	Omaha to Chicago	135	84.4%	1.4 min	0.0%
OMA–LGA	Omaha to New York	114	75.4%	20.3 min	3.5%
OMA–PHX	Omaha to Phoenix	113	86.7%	5.7 min	0.0%
OMA–DFW	Omaha to Dallas/Fort Worth	111	87.4%	5.8 min	0.0%
OMA–MSP	Omaha to Minneapolis	110	90.9%	-2.3 min	0.0%
OMA–LAS	Omaha to Las Vegas	91	71.4%	10.3 min	3.3%
OMA–DTW	Omaha to Detroit	84	88.1%	-1.6 min	0.0%
OMA–STL	Omaha to St. Louis	73	91.8%	-2.6 min	0.0%
OMA–CLT	Omaha to Charlotte	60	90.0%	3.3 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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	40.4%	36.4%	7,315
Late-arriving aircraft	32.9%	38.3%	5,962
National Aviation System	22.0%	19.9%	3,994
Extreme weather	4.7%	5.1%	856
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

18,127 delay minutes on 244 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 September 2023?

86.2% of 1,871 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.