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Airport month · May 2024
Eppley Airfield in May 2024
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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,088 domestic departures from Eppley Airfield (OMA). 70.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.7% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so OMA departures were 2.9 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at OMA that month were on time 67.4% of the time (2,089 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 27% and extreme weather 17%.
- On time 69.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.2%
- Cancelled 1.6%
- Diverted 0.5%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | OMA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 70.5% | — | 80.0% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 69.7% | — | 79.8% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.6% | — | 1.2% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 26.0 min | — | 15.6 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 70 | — | 69 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,088 | — | 25,258 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 681 | 33% | 64.2% | 20.9 min | 0.6% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 449 | 22% | 75.9% | 14.8 min | 2.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 309 | 15% | 65.0% | 38.1 min | 3.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 234 | 11% | 70.9% | 14.6 min | 2.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 156 | 7% | 82.7% | 0.8 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 60 | 3% | 83.3% | 3.6 min | 1.7% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 49 | 2% | 73.5% | 17.2 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 48 | 2% | 56.3% | 36.6 min | 6.3% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 46 | 2% | 60.9% | 11.1 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 29 | 1% | 82.8% | 5.6 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 27 | 1% | 63.0% | 114.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OMA–DEN | Omaha to Denver | 300 | 67.3% | 18.3 min | 1.3% |
| OMA–ORD | Omaha to Chicago | 213 | 67.6% | 34.2 min | 2.8% |
| OMA–ATL | Omaha to Atlanta | 181 | 81.2% | 2.9 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–DFW | Omaha to Dallas/Fort Worth | 156 | 58.3% | 43.9 min | 5.8% |
| OMA–PHX | Omaha to Phoenix | 155 | 72.9% | 18.1 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–MDW | Omaha to Chicago | 133 | 68.4% | 13.4 min | 0.8% |
| OMA–MSP | Omaha to Minneapolis | 119 | 79.8% | 16.4 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–LGA | Omaha to New York | 113 | 73.5% | 28.8 min | 3.5% |
| OMA–LAS | Omaha to Las Vegas | 110 | 70.9% | 10.5 min | 0.9% |
| OMA–DTW | Omaha to Detroit | 88 | 85.2% | 4.7 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–CLT | Omaha to Charlotte | 64 | 68.8% | 14.5 min | 1.6% |
| OMA–DCA | Omaha to Washington | 58 | 77.6% | 4.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left OMA on time in May 2024?
70.5% of 2,088 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.