Airport month record

OMAAPR

Eppley Airfield in April 2026

Departures: 2,053
Month: April 2026
National, same month: 79.8%
Carriers: 9

Historical statistics for April 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s April. For today’s conditions at OMA, see live FAA status.

OMA in April lands a B, 3 points better than the national rate of 79.8%. About one flight in six arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by a little over an hour on average. That rests on 2,053 flights, of which SkyWest Airlines flew 463 at 84.6% on time.

On time

82.5%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 2,021 completed departures

Avg delay

78 min

Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights

Cancelled

1.27%

Nationally in April: 0.90%

Whole year

80.7%

OMA across all twelve months

These figures cover 2,053 departures from Eppley Airfield in April 2026. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.

Against the year

April next to OMA's other months

Against OMA's own year, April ran 2 points better than the twelve-month rate of 80.7%, which makes it number four of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, March ran 78.6% on time and May 81.8%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a worse stretch.

OMA month by month
Month	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
September 2025	1,955	86.1%	59 min	0.56%	A+
October 2025	2,192	84.3%	59 min	0.14%	B+
November 2025	2,035	81.9%	87 min	1.92%	B
December 2025	2,067	76.3%	79 min	0.97%	B+
January 2026	1,945	81.4%	69 min	2.21%	B
February 2026	1,803	86.9%	69 min	0.28%	A+
March 2026	2,120	78.6%	89 min	3.40%	B−
April 2026 (this page)	2,053	82.5%	78 min	1.27%	B
May 2026	2,223	81.8%	76 min	0.58%	B+
June 2026	2,348	75.1%	81 min	0.94%	B+
July 2026	2,401	78.5%	87 min	1.75%	B
August 2026	2,244	76.5%	87 min	1.02%	B

Departure window

The best time of day to leave OMA in April

Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 15 points, against 3 points between the best and worst carrier.

5am–8am557 flights89.6%
8am–11am279 flights85.8%
11am–2pm320 flights81.6%
2pm–5pm434 flights80.4%
5pm–8pm421 flights74.6%
8pm–5am42 flights76.2%

Scale runs 65% to 95%.

Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 89.6% of the time, against 74.6% for the evening window. That is 15 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 5am–8am window is the busiest, with 557 flights scheduled in it.

Across the week, Saturday is the strongest day at 89.1% on time and Thursday the weakest at 73.8%, a spread of 15 points.

Carrier by carrier

Which airlines ran best at OMA in April

The two carriers here are closely matched: 3 points separate the best from the worst. At that spread, schedule and price are better tie-breakers than reliability. Sample sizes are shown so you can see which rows are worth weighing.

Carriers at OMA in April 2026
Airline	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
Southwest Airlines	663	81.3%	51 min	0.15%	B+
SkyWest Airlines	463	84.6%	59 min	1.73%	B
United Airlinesthin sample	237	80.0%	91 min	2.11%	B
American Airlinesthin sample	219	84.3%	120 min	0.46%	B+
Envoy Airthin sample	157	82.9%	141 min	3.18%	B−
Delta Air Linesthin sample	146	85.1%	120 min	2.74%	A
Republic Airwaysthin sample	56	81.8%	97 min	1.79%	B
Allegiant Airthin sample	52	78.4%	81 min	1.92%	B
Alaska Airlinesthin sample	34	91.2%	37 min	0.00%	A+

No carrier stands out. SkyWest tops the table at 84.6%, 3 points clear of the bottom, which is inside the range this kind of sample moves year to year.

Route by route

Busiest routes out of OMA in April

Routes from OMA in April 2026
Route	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
OMA to ORD · Chicagothin sample	300	74.7%	94 min	5.67%	C−
OMA to DEN · Denverthin sample	252	80.5%	48 min	0.00%	B+
OMA to PHX · Phoenixthin sample	185	89.2%	116 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to ATL · Atlantathin sample	153	83.1%	126 min	2.61%	B
OMA to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample	120	78.6%	113 min	0.83%	B+
OMA to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample	116	85.3%	44 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to MDW · Chicagothin sample	104	75.7%	45 min	0.96%	B+
OMA to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample	98	80.6%	43 min	0.00%	B+
OMA to CLT · Charlottethin sample	89	89.9%	133 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to DTW · Detroitthin sample	86	84.7%	75 min	1.16%	B
OMA to STL · St. Louisthin sample	63	87.3%	103 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to SLC · Salt Lake Citythin sample	60	86.7%	77 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to DCA · Washingtonthin sample	56	83.9%	73 min	0.00%	B+
OMA to IAH · Houstonthin sample	56	92.9%	86 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample	36	94.4%	33 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to DAL · Dallasthin sample	34	94.1%	50 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to SEA · Seattlethin sample	34	91.2%	37 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to BNA · Nashvillethin sample	33	69.7%	74 min	0.00%	C+
OMA to MCO · Orlandothin sample	32	93.8%	48 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to SFO · San Franciscothin sample	31	70.0%	50 min	3.23%	C−
OMA to HOU · Houstonthin sample	30	66.7%	52 min	0.00%	C+

Delay causes

What held OMA up in April

Carriers report a reason for every delay minute they cause, in five DOT categories. The split below is by minutes, not by number of flights, so a handful of very long weather delays weighs as much as many short ones. It covers 27,000 reported delay minutes.

Late-arriving aircraft
32%
Carrier
32%
National Airspace System
28%
Extreme weather
8%

The practical consequence: the 5am–8am departure is the one that starts clean. Its aircraft has no earlier leg to be late from, which is exactly why that window shows 89.6% on time here. The split is drawn from 27,450 reported delay minutes.

Cancellations sit at 1.27% against a national 0.90%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.29%.

6.4% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 6.4%, so a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last a little over an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.

What to do with this

Flying from OMA in April

For a April trip through OMA: expect 82.5% on time and 1.27% cancelled, going by April 2026. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.

Where to go next

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, September 2025 to August 2026. Last updated 22 October 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.

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