Eppley Airfield in October 2023

86.0%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 2,037 domestic departures from Eppley Airfield (OMA). 86.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.7% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so OMA departures were 2.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at OMA that month were on time 80.9% of the time (2,036 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 39% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 86.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.9%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	OMA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	86.0%	—	80.0%	83.8%
Arrived on time	86.7%	—	79.8%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	1.2%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.7 min	—	15.6 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	68	—	69	19,966
Scheduled departures	2,037	—	25,258	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	712	35%	82.0%	4.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	293	14%	88.7%	-0.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	269	13%	88.5%	-1.8 min	1.5%
AA American Airlines	211	10%	82.0%	0.3 min	0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	195	10%	97.4%	-9.9 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	170	8%	91.8%	-10.1 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	60	3%	90.0%	-9.9 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	33	2%	66.7%	21.0 min	3.0%
MQ Envoy Air	32	2%	100.0%	-11.3 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	2%	93.5%	-5.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	31	2%	93.5%	-1.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OMA–DEN	Omaha to Denver	294	82.3%	4.6 min	0.3%
OMA–ATL	Omaha to Atlanta	194	94.8%	-8.3 min	0.0%
OMA–ORD	Omaha to Chicago	179	86.6%	0.2 min	0.6%
OMA–PHX	Omaha to Phoenix	151	88.1%	-1.5 min	0.0%
OMA–MDW	Omaha to Chicago	138	84.1%	2.5 min	0.0%
OMA–LGA	Omaha to New York	136	93.4%	-13.9 min	0.0%
OMA–MSP	Omaha to Minneapolis	117	89.7%	0.6 min	0.0%
OMA–DFW	Omaha to Dallas/Fort Worth	115	79.1%	0.6 min	1.7%
OMA–LAS	Omaha to Las Vegas	98	83.7%	0.7 min	0.0%
OMA–DTW	Omaha to Detroit	88	96.6%	-5.9 min	0.0%
OMA–STL	Omaha to St. Louis	80	91.3%	-1.2 min	0.0%
OMA–CLT	Omaha to Charlotte	62	85.5%	1.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	40.8%	41.3%	6,062
Late-arriving aircraft	39.2%	40.5%	5,823
National Aviation System	19.1%	14.4%	2,842
Extreme weather	1.0%	3.7%	145
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

14,872 delay minutes on 262 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 October 2023?

86.0% of 2,037 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.