Airport month record

OMAJAN

Eppley Airfield in January 2026

Departures: 1,945
Month: January 2026
National, same month: 79.2%
Carriers: 8

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

OMA in January lands a B, 2 points better than the national rate of 79.2%. About one flight in five arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by a little over an hour on average. That rests on 1,945 flights, of which Southwest Airlines flew 616 at 84.4% on time.

On time

81.4%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 1,897 completed departures

Avg delay

69 min

Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights

Cancelled

2.21%

Nationally in January: 4.71%

Whole year

80.7%

OMA across all twelve months

These figures cover 1,945 departures from Eppley Airfield in January 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

January next to OMA's other months

Against OMA's own year, January ran level with the twelve-month rate of 80.7%, which makes it number seven of twelve months, best first. Cancellations are where January stands out: 2.21% of scheduled departures were called off, 1.8 times the airport's rate across the year. Either side of it, December ran 76.3% on time and February 86.9%, so this month sits in line with its neighbours.

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

Departure window

The best time of day to leave OMA in January

Departure time is the single lever a traveller controls, and it moves the odds more than most people expect. Each bar below is the on-time rate for flights scheduled to leave inside that window, across 1,945 flights.

5am–8am521 flights83.6%
8am–11am270 flights78.4%
11am–2pm334 flights81.4%
2pm–5pm433 flights85.1%
5pm–8pm368 flights77.7%
8pm–5am19 flights—

Scale runs 70% to 90%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.

The best window here is not the first bank but the 2pm–5pm slot at 85.1% on time, ahead of 5pm–8pm at 77.7%. Where the curve peaks mid-day rather than at dawn, the constraint is usually congestion at one end rather than the aircraft's own rotation. The 5am–8am window is the busiest, with 521 flights scheduled in it.

Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 88.0% on time and Saturday the weakest at 72.7%, a spread of 15 points.

Carrier by carrier

Which airlines ran best at OMA in January

The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Southwest Airlines arrives on time 84.4% of the time; SkyWest Airlines manages 78.3%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 422 flights means less than a ten-point one.

Carriers at OMA in January 2026
Airline	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
Southwest Airlines	616	84.4%	45 min	0.81%	B+
SkyWest Airlines	422	78.3%	71 min	1.42%	B
United Airlinesthin sample	252	82.1%	72 min	0.00%	B+
American Airlinesthin sample	247	84.8%	145 min	8.91%	B−
Delta Air Linesthin sample	138	86.5%	73 min	3.62%	A−
Envoy Airthin sample	106	71.2%	52 min	0.94%	C+
Allegiant Airthin sample	54	77.8%	83 min	0.00%	B+
Republic Airwaysthin sample	47	75.6%	57 min	4.26%	B−

Southwest leads SkyWest by 6 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 January

Routes from OMA in January 2026
Route	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
OMA to DEN · Denverthin sample	234	85.8%	38 min	0.85%	A+
OMA to ORD · Chicagothin sample	210	69.7%	75 min	0.48%	C+
OMA to PHX · Phoenixthin sample	181	81.7%	51 min	0.00%	B+
OMA to ATL · Atlantathin sample	147	85.2%	68 min	3.40%	A−
OMA to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample	120	79.2%	152 min	10.83%	B−
OMA to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample	112	78.0%	71 min	2.68%	B
OMA to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample	98	80.2%	78 min	1.02%	B
OMA to MDW · Chicagothin sample	93	89.2%	36 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to CLT · Charlottethin sample	89	87.5%	133 min	10.11%	A−
OMA to IAH · Houstonthin sample	84	92.9%	57 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to DTW · Detroitthin sample	80	69.6%	71 min	1.25%	C
OMA to STL · St. Louisthin sample	61	96.7%	29 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to SLC · Salt Lake Citythin sample	58	86.0%	85 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample	53	75.5%	50 min	0.00%	B+
OMA to DCA · Washingtonthin sample	51	85.4%	63 min	5.88%	A−
OMA to MCO · Orlandothin sample	38	73.7%	32 min	0.00%	C+
OMA to DAL · Dallasthin sample	35	82.4%	39 min	2.86%	B
OMA to MIA · Miamithin sample	31	85.7%	146 min	9.68%	A−
OMA to BNA · Nashvillethin sample	31	73.3%	37 min	3.23%	C−
OMA to SFO · San Franciscothin sample	31	67.7%	58 min	0.00%	C+

Delay causes

What held OMA up in January

Carrier accounts for 44% of the 24,000 delay minutes carriers reported here, and the remaining four split what is left.

Carrier
44%
Late-arriving aircraft
29%
National Airspace System
20%
Extreme weather
6%

The largest share of delay minutes, 44%, falls under carrier control: crew scheduling, maintenance, fuelling, baggage. It accounts for 11,000 of the 24,000 delay minutes reported here. The split is drawn from 24,175 reported delay minutes.

Cancellations sit at 2.21% against a national 4.71%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.26%.

5.9% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 7.6%, 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 January

For a January trip through OMA: expect 81.4% on time and 2.21% cancelled, going by January 2026. The 2pm–5pm 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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