Eppley Airfield in September 2025

86.8%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,955 domestic departures from Eppley Airfield (OMA). 86.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.6% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so OMA departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 1,901 departures with 90.0% leaving on time: a change of −3.2 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at OMA that month were on time 82.3% of the time (1,954 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, national aviation system 26% and air carrier 25%.

On time 85.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.8%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from OMA in September 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	OMA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	86.8%	90.0%	80.0%	83.1%
Arrived on time	85.6%	88.4%	79.8%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.1%	1.2%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.7 min	7.2 min	15.6 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	65	63	69	18,748
Scheduled departures	1,955	1,901	25,258	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	602	31%	83.7%	3.3 min	0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	343	18%	92.7%	-9.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	325	17%	82.2%	-0.6 min	0.6%
AA American Airlines	201	10%	78.6%	5.1 min	1.5%
MQ Envoy Air	168	9%	86.9%	0.1 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	141	7%	94.3%	-8.1 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	60	3%	91.7%	3.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	56	3%	80.4%	6.1 min	1.8%
YX Republic Airline	32	2%	78.1%	0.4 min	3.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	17	1%	82.4%	7.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	10	1%	80.0%	29.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OMA–DEN	Omaha to Denver	283	78.8%	3.0 min	0.0%
OMA–ORD	Omaha to Chicago	247	78.9%	4.4 min	1.6%
OMA–PHX	Omaha to Phoenix	138	88.4%	-0.4 min	1.4%
OMA–ATL	Omaha to Atlanta	137	94.9%	-8.2 min	0.0%
OMA–DFW	Omaha to Dallas/Fort Worth	120	80.8%	6.0 min	1.7%
OMA–MDW	Omaha to Chicago	120	84.2%	0.8 min	0.8%
OMA–DTW	Omaha to Detroit	109	95.4%	-11.1 min	0.0%
OMA–MSP	Omaha to Minneapolis	93	88.2%	-4.7 min	0.0%
OMA–CLT	Omaha to Charlotte	88	87.5%	-2.3 min	0.0%
OMA–STL	Omaha to St. Louis	78	97.4%	-11.9 min	0.0%
OMA–LAS	Omaha to Las Vegas	75	80.0%	14.0 min	0.0%
OMA–IAH	Omaha to Houston	60	88.3%	-3.6 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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	24.9%	34.3%	3,993
Late-arriving aircraft	43.9%	37.4%	7,035
National Aviation System	25.9%	22.6%	4,151
Extreme weather	5.3%	5.6%	842
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

16,021 delay minutes on 270 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 2025?

86.8% of 1,955 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 90.0% of 1,901 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 86.8% and 0.6% in September 2025.

Provenance

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