Eppley Airfield in July 2024

73.3%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,102 domestic departures from Eppley Airfield (OMA). 73.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.3% reached their destination on time; 2.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so OMA departures were 4.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at OMA that month were on time 64.5% of the time (2,102 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 72.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.6%
Cancelled 2.7%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	OMA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	73.3%	—	80.0%	68.5%
Arrived on time	72.3%	—	79.8%	68.1%
Cancelled	2.7%	—	1.2%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.1 min	—	15.6 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	70	—	69	21,154
Scheduled departures	2,102	—	25,258	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	721	34%	76.4%	8.6 min	0.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	348	17%	70.4%	18.3 min	1.4%
AA American Airlines	293	14%	61.1%	24.7 min	3.1%
UA United Airlines	245	12%	74.7%	14.1 min	3.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	178	8%	73.0%	20.3 min	7.9%
YX Republic Airline	79	4%	84.8%	6.8 min	2.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	64	3%	65.6%	18.6 min	4.7%
AS Alaska Airlines	62	3%	77.4%	6.9 min	3.2%
9E Endeavor Air	61	3%	78.7%	9.1 min	9.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	44	2%	47.7%	25.5 min	2.3%
MQ Envoy Air	7	0%	85.7%	21.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OMA–DEN	Omaha to Denver	296	74.3%	12.2 min	1.0%
OMA–ORD	Omaha to Chicago	187	70.6%	15.9 min	4.3%
OMA–ATL	Omaha to Atlanta	167	73.1%	23.4 min	7.2%
OMA–DFW	Omaha to Dallas/Fort Worth	160	57.5%	27.1 min	0.6%
OMA–MDW	Omaha to Chicago	134	74.6%	11.8 min	0.7%
OMA–LGA	Omaha to New York	129	68.2%	18.3 min	7.0%
OMA–PHX	Omaha to Phoenix	124	78.2%	3.6 min	1.6%
OMA–MSP	Omaha to Minneapolis	119	66.4%	17.7 min	3.4%
OMA–LAS	Omaha to Las Vegas	96	74.0%	11.6 min	1.0%
OMA–DTW	Omaha to Detroit	89	74.2%	13.7 min	0.0%
OMA–STL	Omaha to St. Louis	66	86.4%	-0.4 min	0.0%
OMA–SEA	Omaha to Seattle	62	77.4%	6.9 min	3.2%

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	32.7%	36.6%	13,305
Late-arriving aircraft	40.3%	42.7%	16,381
National Aviation System	18.6%	16.0%	7,549
Extreme weather	8.4%	4.6%	3,403
Security	0.1%	0.1%	28

40,666 delay minutes on 517 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 July 2024?

73.3% of 2,102 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.