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Airport month · February 2024

Eppley Airfield in February 2024

88.2%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,794 domestic departures from Eppley Airfield (OMA). 88.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.7% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so OMA departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at OMA that month were on time 84.5% of the time (1,795 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 25%.

Every scheduled departure from OMA in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureFeb 2024Year earlierOMA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time88.2%—80.0%84.0%
Arrived on time87.7%—79.8%83.4%
Cancelled0.3%—1.2%0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)9.1 min—15.6 min11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day60—6917,307
Scheduled departures1,794—25,258519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines58032%86.6%-1.5 min0.2%
AA American Airlines25114%86.9%-3.8 min0.0%
UA United Airlines23213%84.9%1.1 min0.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines21912%93.2%-5.9 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines1639%92.0%-8.4 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline1046%88.5%-7.5 min1.9%
9E Endeavor Air704%85.7%-1.4 min1.4%
MQ Envoy Air583%86.2%3.6 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air503%82.0%-1.4 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines422%85.7%-10.9 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines251%92.0%-15.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OMA–DENOmaha to Denver24879.0%3.4 min0.4%
OMA–ATLOmaha to Atlanta16290.7%-8.8 min0.0%
OMA–ORDOmaha to Chicago13792.0%0.5 min0.0%
OMA–PHXOmaha to Phoenix13386.5%2.7 min0.0%
OMA–LGAOmaha to New York12584.0%-2.9 min2.4%
OMA–DFWOmaha to Dallas/Fort Worth11484.2%-6.7 min0.0%
OMA–MSPOmaha to Minneapolis10794.4%-7.6 min0.0%
OMA–LASOmaha to Las Vegas9685.4%-1.2 min0.0%
OMA–MDWOmaha to Chicago9593.7%-3.2 min0.0%
OMA–DTWOmaha to Detroit7894.9%-8.7 min0.0%
OMA–CLTOmaha to Charlotte5887.9%-2.7 min0.0%
OMA–DCAOmaha to Washington5490.7%-8.0 min1.9%

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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2024Minutes
Air carrier40.9%35.9%6,073
Late-arriving aircraft32.0%36.9%4,756
National Aviation System25.1%21.7%3,723
Extreme weather2.1%5.3%306
Security0.0%0.3%0
14,858 delay minutes on 214 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left OMA on time in February 2024?

88.2% of 1,794 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.