Airport month record

OMAAUG

Eppley Airfield in August 2026

Departures: 2,244
Month: August 2026
National, same month: 73.1%
Carriers: 10

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

OMA in August lands a B, 3 points better than the national rate of 73.1%. About one flight in four arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by an hour and a half on average. That rests on 2,244 flights, of which SkyWest Airlines flew 576 at 82.0% on time.

On time

76.5%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 2,210 completed departures

Avg delay

87 min

Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights

Cancelled

1.02%

Nationally in August: 1.86%

Whole year

80.7%

OMA across all twelve months

These figures cover 2,244 departures from Eppley Airfield in August 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

August next to OMA's other months

Against OMA's own year, August ran 4 points worse than the twelve-month rate of 80.7%, which makes it number ten of twelve months, best first.

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	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 (this page)	2,244	76.5%	87 min	1.02%	B

Departure window

The best time of day to leave OMA in August

Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 29 points, against 7 points between the best and worst carrier.

5am–8am564 flights87.6%
8am–11am384 flights84.3%
11am–2pm467 flights79.1%
2pm–5pm362 flights69.7%
5pm–8pm436 flights58.9%
8pm–5am31 flights63.3%

Scale runs 50% to 95%.

The 5pm–8pm window is where this operation falls apart: 58.9% on time, against 87.6% for the 5am–8am slot. By evening the aircraft flying these rotations have absorbed a full day of small delays and there is no slack left to recover in. The 5am–8am window is the busiest, with 564 flights scheduled in it.

Across the week, Monday is the strongest day at 82.6% on time and Thursday the weakest at 67.2%, a spread of 15 points.

Carrier by carrier

Which airlines ran best at OMA in August

The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. SkyWest Airlines arrives on time 82.0% of the time; Southwest Airlines manages 75.1%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 664 flights means less than a ten-point one.

Carriers at OMA in August 2026
Airline	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
Southwest Airlines	664	75.1%	71 min	0.30%	B+
SkyWest Airlines	576	82.0%	81 min	0.87%	B+
United Airlinesthin sample	299	67.9%	90 min	1.00%	C
American Airlinesthin sample	226	72.8%	138 min	0.44%	C+
Delta Air Linesthin sample	142	88.7%	61 min	0.00%	A+
Envoy Airthin sample	106	76.0%	111 min	1.89%	B
PSA Airlinesthin sample	62	68.5%	64 min	11.29%	C−
Alaska Airlinesthin sample	57	90.9%	103 min	3.51%	A−
Allegiant Airthin sample	51	70.6%	76 min	0.00%	C+
Republic Airwaysthin sample	36	72.2%	47 min	0.00%	C+

SkyWest leads Southwest by 7 points. Real, but small enough that a better departure time on the weaker carrier can outweigh it.

Route by route

Busiest routes out of OMA in August

Routes from OMA in August 2026
Route	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
OMA to DEN · Denverthin sample	313	65.0%	87 min	1.28%	C
OMA to ORD · Chicagothin sample	300	63.8%	100 min	2.33%	D
OMA to PHX · Phoenixthin sample	151	86.0%	87 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample	144	87.5%	83 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to ATL · Atlantathin sample	142	88.7%	61 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample	130	67.4%	169 min	0.77%	C+
OMA to DTW · Detroitthin sample	119	82.2%	72 min	0.84%	B+
OMA to MDW · Chicagothin sample	115	79.6%	63 min	0.87%	B+
OMA to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample	90	75.6%	105 min	0.00%	B+
OMA to SLC · Salt Lake Citythin sample	87	89.7%	48 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to CLT · Charlottethin sample	66	78.5%	72 min	0.00%	B+
OMA to STL · St. Louisthin sample	63	90.5%	52 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample	62	68.5%	64 min	11.29%	C−
OMA to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample	62	82.3%	48 min	0.00%	B+
OMA to SEA · Seattlethin sample	57	90.9%	103 min	3.51%	A−
OMA to DCA · Washingtonthin sample	53	73.1%	43 min	0.00%	C+
OMA to IAH · Houstonthin sample	50	92.0%	63 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to BNA · Nashvillethin sample	41	80.5%	42 min	0.00%	B+
OMA to DAL · Dallasthin sample	37	86.5%	89 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to LGA · New Yorkthin sample	31	75.9%	45 min	0.00%	B+

Delay causes

What held OMA up in August

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 45,000 reported delay minutes.

Late-arriving aircraft
35%
Carrier
30%
National Airspace System
28%
Extreme weather
7%
Security
0%

35% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. Across 45,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 5 to one. The split is drawn from 44,883 reported delay minutes.

Cancellations sit at 1.02% against a national 1.86%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.49%.

10.9% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 10.9% nationally. Ninety minutes is the honest minimum for a connection here, and two hours if the onward flight is on a separate ticket.

What to do with this

Flying from OMA in August

For a August trip through OMA: plan on this being one of the airport's harder months. The 5am–8am departures held up best at 87.6% on time, and with 10.9% of arrivals an hour or more late, a connection here deserves more slack than the same trip in February would.

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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