Eppley Airfield in September 2024

90.0%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,901 domestic departures from Eppley Airfield (OMA). 90.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.4% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so OMA departures were 5.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 1,871 departures with 86.2% leaving on time: a change of +3.8 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at OMA that month were on time 87.6% of the time (1,903 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 88.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.5%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	OMA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	90.0%	86.2%	80.0%	84.4%
Arrived on time	88.4%	85.9%	79.8%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.6%	1.2%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.2 min	10.9 min	15.6 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	63	62	69	19,421
Scheduled departures	1,901	1,871	25,258	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	598	31%	87.8%	-1.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	343	18%	89.2%	-4.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	269	14%	87.7%	-0.6 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	216	11%	83.3%	1.8 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	149	8%	94.6%	-11.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	101	5%	95.0%	-7.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	56	3%	96.4%	-12.7 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	54	3%	96.3%	-9.6 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	48	3%	87.5%	-5.5 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	31	2%	80.6%	2.8 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	26	1%	61.5%	53.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	10	1%	70.0%	-1.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OMA–DEN	Omaha to Denver	270	86.3%	1.0 min	0.0%
OMA–ORD	Omaha to Chicago	180	83.3%	1.5 min	0.0%
OMA–ATL	Omaha to Atlanta	157	91.7%	-9.5 min	0.0%
OMA–PHX	Omaha to Phoenix	136	86.8%	-3.4 min	0.0%
OMA–LGA	Omaha to New York	128	96.1%	-10.5 min	0.0%
OMA–MDW	Omaha to Chicago	119	91.6%	-2.5 min	0.0%
OMA–MSP	Omaha to Minneapolis	111	83.8%	-1.1 min	0.0%
OMA–DFW	Omaha to Dallas/Fort Worth	98	86.7%	-0.1 min	0.0%
OMA–DTW	Omaha to Detroit	88	92.0%	-7.2 min	0.0%
OMA–CLT	Omaha to Charlotte	86	76.7%	16.9 min	1.2%
OMA–LAS	Omaha to Las Vegas	73	83.6%	2.4 min	0.0%
OMA–STL	Omaha to St. Louis	68	92.6%	-3.8 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.2%	38.6%	4,651
Late-arriving aircraft	40.2%	38.4%	5,025
National Aviation System	18.1%	18.2%	2,264
Extreme weather	4.5%	4.8%	566
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

12,506 delay minutes on 219 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 September 2024?

90.0% of 1,901 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 86.2% of 1,871 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 90.0% and 0.1% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.