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Airport month · January 2026
Eppley Airfield in January 2026
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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,945 domestic departures from Eppley Airfield (OMA). 80.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.4% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so OMA departures were 5.0 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 1,887 departures with 82.0% leaving on time: a change of −1.4 points, with flights up 3%.
Flights arriving at OMA that month were on time 75.6% of the time (1,945 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 79.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.1%
- Cancelled 2.2%
- Diverted 0.3%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | OMA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.6% | 82.0% | 80.0% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 79.4% | 84.0% | 79.8% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 2.2% | 1.9% | 1.2% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.4 min | 13.7 min | 15.6 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 65 | 63 | 69 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,945 | 1,887 | 25,258 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 616 | 32% | 83.4% | -3.9 min | 0.8% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 422 | 22% | 77.0% | 4.7 min | 1.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 252 | 13% | 82.1% | 1.6 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 247 | 13% | 76.9% | 9.7 min | 8.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 138 | 7% | 83.3% | -10.0 min | 3.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 106 | 5% | 69.8% | 5.3 min | 0.9% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 54 | 3% | 77.8% | 5.8 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 47 | 2% | 72.3% | 0.1 min | 4.3% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 24 | 1% | 83.3% | -3.4 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 20 | 1% | 65.0% | 12.3 min | 10.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 19 | 1% | 57.9% | 9.7 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OMA–DEN | Omaha to Denver | 234 | 85.0% | -6.0 min | 0.9% |
| OMA–ORD | Omaha to Chicago | 210 | 69.0% | 15.7 min | 0.5% |
| OMA–PHX | Omaha to Phoenix | 181 | 81.2% | -3.7 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–ATL | Omaha to Atlanta | 147 | 82.3% | -8.9 min | 3.4% |
| OMA–DFW | Omaha to Dallas/Fort Worth | 120 | 70.0% | 20.7 min | 10.8% |
| OMA–MSP | Omaha to Minneapolis | 112 | 75.9% | 4.7 min | 2.7% |
| OMA–LAS | Omaha to Las Vegas | 98 | 78.6% | 2.6 min | 1.0% |
| OMA–MDW | Omaha to Chicago | 93 | 89.2% | -2.8 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–CLT | Omaha to Charlotte | 89 | 78.7% | 2.6 min | 10.1% |
| OMA–IAH | Omaha to Houston | 84 | 92.9% | -13.3 min | 0.0% |
| OMA–DTW | Omaha to Detroit | 80 | 68.8% | 12.3 min | 1.3% |
| OMA–STL | Omaha to St. Louis | 61 | 96.7% | -14.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left OMA on time in January 2026?
80.6% of 1,945 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 82.0% of 1,887 departures left on time and 1.9% were cancelled, against 80.6% and 2.2% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.