Eppley Airfield in March 2024

81.9%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,004 domestic departures from Eppley Airfield (OMA). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.9% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so OMA departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at OMA that month were on time 77.4% of the time (2,004 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 81.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.5%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	OMA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	81.9%	—	80.0%	78.5%
Arrived on time	81.9%	—	79.8%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	1.2%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.9 min	—	15.6 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	67	—	69	19,726
Scheduled departures	2,004	—	25,258	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	671	33%	80.3%	3.3 min	0.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	339	17%	85.8%	-1.4 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	276	14%	76.4%	2.7 min	0.7%
UA United Airlines	257	13%	85.2%	2.5 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	160	8%	88.1%	-3.1 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	91	5%	86.8%	-0.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	58	3%	81.0%	6.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	54	3%	66.7%	18.7 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	45	2%	68.9%	46.7 min	2.2%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	2%	83.9%	-5.6 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	22	1%	95.5%	-9.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OMA–DEN	Omaha to Denver	283	82.0%	1.9 min	1.1%
OMA–ATL	Omaha to Atlanta	181	86.7%	-2.5 min	0.0%
OMA–PHX	Omaha to Phoenix	163	81.6%	2.1 min	0.0%
OMA–ORD	Omaha to Chicago	159	84.9%	1.7 min	0.6%
OMA–LGA	Omaha to New York	130	85.4%	0.6 min	0.0%
OMA–DFW	Omaha to Dallas/Fort Worth	122	69.7%	7.3 min	0.8%
OMA–MSP	Omaha to Minneapolis	119	89.1%	-5.2 min	0.8%
OMA–MDW	Omaha to Chicago	112	88.4%	-5.0 min	0.9%
OMA–LAS	Omaha to Las Vegas	111	80.2%	5.0 min	0.0%
OMA–DTW	Omaha to Detroit	88	85.2%	1.5 min	0.0%
OMA–CLT	Omaha to Charlotte	62	80.6%	3.8 min	0.0%
OMA–STL	Omaha to St. Louis	61	85.2%	0.2 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.2%	32.1%	7,336
Late-arriving aircraft	40.1%	42.1%	9,430
National Aviation System	21.6%	21.4%	5,084
Extreme weather	6.5%	4.2%	1,521
Security	0.6%	0.2%	144

23,515 delay minutes on 350 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 March 2024?

81.9% of 2,004 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.