Eppley Airfield in October 2024

89.0%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,064 domestic departures from Eppley Airfield (OMA). 89.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.9% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so OMA departures were 3.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 2,037 departures with 86.0% leaving on time: a change of +3.0 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at OMA that month were on time 88.6% of the time (2,063 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 56%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 88.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.8%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	OMA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	89.0%	86.0%	80.0%	85.5%
Arrived on time	88.9%	86.7%	79.8%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.3%	1.2%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.9 min	8.7 min	15.6 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	69	68	69	20,517
Scheduled departures	2,064	2,037	25,258	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	658	32%	89.4%	-4.2 min	0.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	386	19%	90.2%	-0.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	286	14%	85.0%	1.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	277	13%	91.3%	-1.4 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	146	7%	90.4%	-3.4 min	0.7%
YX Republic Airline	102	5%	94.1%	-8.8 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	50	2%	88.0%	-7.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	37	2%	86.5%	-1.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	34	2%	88.2%	6.9 min	8.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	32	2%	90.6%	-6.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	31	2%	64.5%	17.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	25	1%	80.0%	7.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OMA–DEN	Omaha to Denver	274	86.1%	0.7 min	0.0%
OMA–ORD	Omaha to Chicago	185	87.6%	0.6 min	0.0%
OMA–ATL	Omaha to Atlanta	163	90.8%	-3.3 min	0.6%
OMA–PHX	Omaha to Phoenix	154	90.3%	-5.9 min	0.0%
OMA–LGA	Omaha to New York	135	91.9%	-6.6 min	0.0%
OMA–DFW	Omaha to Dallas/Fort Worth	132	84.1%	3.8 min	0.0%
OMA–MDW	Omaha to Chicago	125	87.2%	-3.3 min	0.8%
OMA–MSP	Omaha to Minneapolis	115	91.3%	-2.5 min	0.0%
OMA–DTW	Omaha to Detroit	87	90.8%	-6.7 min	0.0%
OMA–CLT	Omaha to Charlotte	86	83.7%	4.2 min	0.0%
OMA–LAS	Omaha to Las Vegas	78	85.9%	-5.1 min	0.0%
OMA–STL	Omaha to St. Louis	78	94.9%	-7.9 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	55.9%	42.7%	8,013
Late-arriving aircraft	30.4%	37.4%	4,359
National Aviation System	12.0%	16.3%	1,719
Extreme weather	1.8%	3.4%	256
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

14,347 delay minutes on 222 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 October 2024?

89.0% of 2,064 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 86.0% of 2,037 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 89.0% and 0.3% in October 2024.

Provenance

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