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Eppley Airfield in July 2026

Departures: 2,401
Month: July 2026
National, same month: 71.7%
Carriers: 11

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

OMA in July lands a B, 7 points better than the national rate of 71.7%. About one flight in five arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by an hour and a half on average. That rests on 2,401 flights, of which SkyWest Airlines flew 557 at 84.5% on time.

Set against the rest of the country, OMA's July record is 7 points better than the US average of 71.7%. That gap is worth roughly 68 fewer late arrivals for every thousand flights.

On time

78.5%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 2,339 completed departures

Avg delay

87 min

Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights

Cancelled

1.75%

Nationally in July: 2.62%

Whole year

80.7%

OMA across all twelve months

These figures cover 2,401 departures from Eppley Airfield in July 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

July next to OMA's other months

Against OMA's own year, July ran 2 points worse than the twelve-month rate of 80.7%, which makes it number nine of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, June ran 75.1% on time and August 76.5%, 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	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 (this page)	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 July

Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 35 points, against 9 points between the best and worst carrier.

5am–8am579 flights93.3%
8am–11am381 flights87.0%
11am–2pm571 flights81.8%
2pm–5pm245 flights69.2%
5pm–8pm528 flights60.6%
8pm–5am97 flights58.3%

Scale runs 50% to 100%.

The 8pm–5am window is where this operation falls apart: 58.3% on time, against 93.3% 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 579 flights scheduled in it.

Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 82.2% on time and Friday the weakest at 74.5%, a spread of 8 points.

Carrier by carrier

Which airlines ran best at OMA in July

The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. SkyWest Airlines arrives on time 84.5% of the time; Southwest Airlines manages 76.0%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 728 flights means less than a ten-point one.

Carriers at OMA in July 2026
Airline	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
Southwest Airlines	728	76.0%	62 min	0.96%	B+
SkyWest Airlines	557	84.5%	83 min	0.90%	B+
United Airlinesthin sample	341	79.7%	107 min	2.64%	B
American Airlinesthin sample	287	72.2%	129 min	1.74%	C
Delta Air Linesthin sample	151	83.0%	88 min	1.99%	B
Allegiant Airthin sample	68	68.7%	63 min	0.00%	C+
Alaska Airlinesthin sample	61	96.6%	30 min	1.64%	A
Republic Airwaysthin sample	60	75.4%	142 min	5.00%	B−
PSA Airlinesthin sample	59	71.7%	88 min	10.17%	C−
Envoy Airthin sample	58	76.4%	58 min	5.17%	B−
Frontier Airlinesthin sample	31	58.1%	120 min	0.00%	D+

SkyWest leads Southwest by 9 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 July

Routes from OMA in July 2026
Route	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
OMA to DEN · Denverthin sample	335	72.3%	90 min	0.60%	C+
OMA to ORD · Chicagothin sample	305	76.7%	111 min	6.56%	B−
OMA to PHX · Phoenixthin sample	152	78.8%	68 min	0.00%	B+
OMA to ATL · Atlantathin sample	151	83.0%	88 min	1.99%	B
OMA to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample	147	83.7%	83 min	0.00%	B+
OMA to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample	138	66.4%	158 min	0.72%	C+
OMA to DTW · Detroitthin sample	120	80.7%	92 min	0.00%	B+
OMA to MDW · Chicagothin sample	119	82.9%	36 min	0.84%	B+
OMA to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample	97	82.1%	75 min	2.06%	B
OMA to SLC · Salt Lake Citythin sample	89	90.9%	53 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to CLT · Charlottethin sample	89	75.9%	82 min	2.25%	B
OMA to STL · St. Louisthin sample	66	81.2%	37 min	1.52%	B
OMA to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample	62	73.2%	88 min	9.68%	C−
OMA to IAH · Houstonthin sample	62	90.3%	146 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample	61	93.4%	91 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to SEA · Seattlethin sample	61	96.6%	30 min	1.64%	A
OMA to DCA · Washingtonthin sample	57	69.2%	78 min	3.51%	C−
OMA to BNA · Nashvillethin sample	39	69.2%	56 min	0.00%	C+
OMA to DAL · Dallasthin sample	35	70.6%	64 min	0.00%	C+
OMA to HOU · Houstonthin sample	34	73.5%	58 min	0.00%	C+
OMA to MCO · Orlandothin sample	34	85.3%	65 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to SFO · San Franciscothin sample	31	96.8%	103 min	0.00%	A+
OMA to LGA · New Yorkthin sample	31	64.0%	43 min	3.23%	D−

Delay causes

What held OMA up in July

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 44,000 reported delay minutes.

Late-arriving aircraft
42%
Carrier
34%
National Airspace System
21%
Extreme weather
3%
Security
0%

42% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. Across 44,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 13 to one. The split is drawn from 43,957 reported delay minutes.

Cancellations sit at 1.75% against a national 2.62%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.83%.

9.0% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 11.3% 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 July

For a July trip through OMA: expect 78.5% on time and 1.75% cancelled, going by July 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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