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Airport month · December 2025
Eppley Airfield in December 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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,067 domestic departures from Eppley Airfield (OMA). 75.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.5% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so OMA departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 1,993 departures with 81.5% leaving on time: a change of −6.1 points, with flights up 4%.
Flights arriving at OMA that month were on time 70.6% of the time (2,067 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 75.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.4%
- Cancelled 1.0%
- Diverted 0.1%
December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | OMA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.4% | 81.5% | 80.0% | 72.0% |
| Arrived on time | 75.5% | 83.2% | 79.8% | 71.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | 0.5% | 1.2% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 19.5 min | 13.7 min | 15.6 min | 21.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 69 | 66 | 69 | 19,410 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,067 | 1,993 | 25,258 | 582,304 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 709 | 34% | 78.7% | 3.5 min | 0.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 483 | 23% | 70.4% | 26.0 min | 1.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 221 | 11% | 72.4% | 15.0 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 217 | 10% | 84.8% | 0.4 min | 0.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 150 | 7% | 81.3% | -4.7 min | 4.7% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 121 | 6% | 68.6% | 8.9 min | 4.1% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 59 | 3% | 72.9% | 18.8 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 32 | 2% | 68.8% | 0.9 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 31 | 1% | 74.2% | 3.1 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 26 | 1% | 61.5% | 12.2 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 18 | 1% | 55.6% | 33.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OMA–DEN | Omaha to Denver | 259 | 72.2% | 14.9 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–ORD | Omaha to Chicago | 220 | 62.3% | 25.7 min | 2.7% |
| OMA–PHX | Omaha to Phoenix | 185 | 80.0% | 4.5 min | 0.5% |
| OMA–ATL | Omaha to Atlanta | 159 | 79.9% | -3.6 min | 4.4% |
| OMA–DFW | Omaha to Dallas/Fort Worth | 131 | 79.4% | 3.3 min | 0.8% |
| OMA–MDW | Omaha to Chicago | 120 | 77.5% | 4.5 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–MSP | Omaha to Minneapolis | 117 | 56.4% | 51.6 min | 2.6% |
| OMA–LAS | Omaha to Las Vegas | 97 | 88.7% | -2.6 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–CLT | Omaha to Charlotte | 78 | 83.3% | 7.9 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–IAH | Omaha to Houston | 73 | 78.1% | -0.3 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–STL | Omaha to St. Louis | 73 | 84.9% | -4.5 min | 1.4% |
| OMA–DTW | Omaha to Detroit | 70 | 61.4% | 42.2 min | 1.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left OMA on time in December 2025?
75.4% of 2,067 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2024, 81.5% of 1,993 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 75.4% and 1.0% in December 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.