Eppley Airfield in December 2023

85.9%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,968 domestic departures from Eppley Airfield (OMA). 85.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.4% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so OMA departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at OMA that month were on time 83.8% of the time (1,967 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 86.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.0%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	OMA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	85.9%	—	80.0%	83.1%
Arrived on time	86.4%	—	79.8%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	1.2%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.2 min	—	15.6 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	66	—	69	19,013
Scheduled departures	1,968	—	25,258	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	691	35%	84.2%	0.7 min	0.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	266	14%	87.6%	0.6 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	237	12%	84.4%	11.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	200	10%	84.5%	0.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	180	9%	93.9%	-8.3 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	149	8%	88.6%	-2.8 min	0.7%
9E Endeavor Air	85	4%	91.8%	-11.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	54	3%	81.5%	5.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	42	2%	90.5%	-4.4 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	37	2%	83.8%	-0.2 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	27	1%	88.9%	-15.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OMA–DEN	Omaha to Denver	287	85.0%	-1.9 min	0.0%
OMA–ATL	Omaha to Atlanta	203	91.1%	-5.2 min	0.0%
OMA–PHX	Omaha to Phoenix	156	91.7%	-4.5 min	0.6%
OMA–ORD	Omaha to Chicago	151	86.8%	3.8 min	0.0%
OMA–MDW	Omaha to Chicago	127	78.0%	7.8 min	3.1%
OMA–MSP	Omaha to Minneapolis	113	91.2%	-8.8 min	0.0%
OMA–LGA	Omaha to New York	111	84.7%	-2.6 min	0.9%
OMA–LAS	Omaha to Las Vegas	107	92.5%	-13.1 min	0.0%
OMA–DFW	Omaha to Dallas/Fort Worth	106	87.7%	20.1 min	0.0%
OMA–DTW	Omaha to Detroit	72	90.3%	2.8 min	0.0%
OMA–STL	Omaha to St. Louis	68	82.4%	6.4 min	0.0%
OMA–CLT	Omaha to Charlotte	62	90.3%	-6.9 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	45.3%	37.1%	9,456
Late-arriving aircraft	34.0%	38.8%	7,101
National Aviation System	13.3%	17.6%	2,786
Extreme weather	7.1%	6.2%	1,485
Security	0.2%	0.3%	41

20,869 delay minutes on 256 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 December 2023?

85.9% of 1,968 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.