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Airport month · May 2025
Eppley Airfield in May 2025
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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,099 domestic departures from Eppley Airfield (OMA). 81.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.1% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so OMA departures were 4.7 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 2,088 departures with 70.5% leaving on time: a change of +10.9 points, with flights up 1%.
Flights arriving at OMA that month were on time 76.7% of the time (2,100 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, national aviation system 28% and air carrier 28%.
- On time 81.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.1%
- Cancelled 0.7%
- Diverted 0.1%
May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2025 | May 2024 | OMA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.4% | 70.5% | 80.0% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 81.1% | 69.7% | 79.8% | 75.4% |
| Cancelled | 0.7% | 1.6% | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.2 min | 26.0 min | 15.6 min | 17.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 70 | 70 | 69 | 20,188 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,099 | 2,088 | 25,258 | 605,648 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 635 | 30% | 80.6% | 5.3 min | 0.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 437 | 21% | 87.0% | 0.0 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 300 | 14% | 76.7% | 12.6 min | 0.7% |
| AA American Airlines | 270 | 13% | 79.6% | 4.1 min | 1.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 153 | 7% | 87.6% | -1.1 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 106 | 5% | 77.4% | 6.1 min | 2.8% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 65 | 3% | 81.5% | -1.8 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 48 | 2% | 93.8% | -6.0 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 37 | 2% | 73.0% | 30.9 min | 2.7% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 29 | 1% | 51.7% | 32.6 min | 6.9% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 19 | 1% | 47.4% | 30.8 min | 5.3% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OMA–DEN | Omaha to Denver | 289 | 71.3% | 16.3 min | 1.0% |
| OMA–ORD | Omaha to Chicago | 238 | 79.4% | 7.2 min | 0.8% |
| OMA–PHX | Omaha to Phoenix | 175 | 88.0% | -2.8 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–DFW | Omaha to Dallas/Fort Worth | 164 | 68.9% | 20.1 min | 1.8% |
| OMA–ATL | Omaha to Atlanta | 149 | 87.2% | -1.1 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–MSP | Omaha to Minneapolis | 119 | 81.5% | 5.9 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–MDW | Omaha to Chicago | 113 | 80.5% | 1.0 min | 0.9% |
| OMA–LAS | Omaha to Las Vegas | 100 | 88.0% | -5.5 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–CLT | Omaha to Charlotte | 95 | 75.8% | 4.0 min | 3.2% |
| OMA–DTW | Omaha to Detroit | 87 | 83.9% | 5.6 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–SLC | Omaha to Salt Lake City | 62 | 98.4% | -15.2 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–STL | Omaha to St. Louis | 62 | 95.2% | -3.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left OMA on time in May 2025?
81.4% of 2,099 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2024, 70.5% of 2,088 departures left on time and 1.6% were cancelled, against 81.4% and 0.7% in May 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2025; 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.