OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Dallas to Omaha

585 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DAL–OMA arrive on time 76% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate76%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.0%of scheduled flights

based on 400 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel1.0%
    Flights400

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline28%
  • Weather5%
  • Air traffic (NAS)16%
  • Late aircraft50%
  • Security2%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline25%
  • Weather75%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 4 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly DAL → OMA

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 88% on time.

  • Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 262 flights
  • Middays82% on time · p90 25 min · 533 flights
  • Afternoons74% on time · p90 35 min · 301 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 85% on time.

  • Saturdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 197 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays83% on time · p90 25 min · 163 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays81% on time · p90 25 min · 160 flights · limited
  • Mondays79% on time · p90 30 min · 163 flights · limited
  • Thursdays77% on time · p90 35 min · 160 flights · limited
  • Fridays74% on time · p90 45 min · 164 flights · limited
  • Sundays72% on time · p90 50 min · 274 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.