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Airport month · August 2025
Eppley Airfield in August 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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,116 domestic departures from Eppley Airfield (OMA). 81.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.5% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so OMA departures were 4.8 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 1,997 departures with 81.6% leaving on time: a change of 0.0 points, with flights up 6%.
Flights arriving at OMA that month were on time 75.4% of the time (2,114 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 27%.
- On time 79.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.4%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.2%
August 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2025 | Aug 2024 | OMA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.6% | 81.6% | 80.0% | 76.8% |
| Arrived on time | 79.5% | 80.6% | 79.8% | 76.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.4 min | 12.2 min | 15.6 min | 17.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 71 | 67 | 69 | 20,079 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,116 | 1,997 | 25,258 | 602,378 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 628 | 30% | 80.1% | 6.1 min | 0.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 395 | 19% | 81.8% | 6.3 min | 0.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 310 | 15% | 79.4% | 6.7 min | 1.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 297 | 14% | 71.7% | 15.3 min | 2.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 144 | 7% | 84.7% | 6.1 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 114 | 5% | 82.5% | 6.1 min | 0.9% |
| YX Republic Airline | 84 | 4% | 84.5% | 0.2 min | 2.4% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 62 | 3% | 82.3% | 0.3 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 47 | 2% | 80.9% | 11.4 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 24 | 1% | 62.5% | 55.2 min | 4.2% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 11 | 1% | 63.6% | 10.1 min | 9.1% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OMA–DEN | Omaha to Denver | 295 | 70.5% | 15.0 min | 0.3% |
| OMA–ORD | Omaha to Chicago | 255 | 75.7% | 11.1 min | 2.4% |
| OMA–ATL | Omaha to Atlanta | 144 | 84.7% | 6.1 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–PHX | Omaha to Phoenix | 142 | 82.4% | 4.8 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–DFW | Omaha to Dallas/Fort Worth | 137 | 65.0% | 24.5 min | 2.9% |
| OMA–MDW | Omaha to Chicago | 125 | 79.2% | 4.9 min | 1.6% |
| OMA–DTW | Omaha to Detroit | 116 | 85.3% | 3.1 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–MSP | Omaha to Minneapolis | 100 | 72.0% | 16.8 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–LAS | Omaha to Las Vegas | 85 | 89.4% | 2.0 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–STL | Omaha to St. Louis | 77 | 96.1% | -8.2 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–CLT | Omaha to Charlotte | 66 | 77.3% | 10.6 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–IAH | Omaha to Houston | 65 | 84.6% | 4.3 min | 1.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left OMA on time in August 2025?
81.6% of 2,116 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2024, 81.6% of 1,997 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 81.6% and 0.9% in August 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.