Historical on-time performance
Washington to Omaha
1,012 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DCA–OMA arrive on time 72% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate72%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.3%of scheduled flights
based on 152 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time72%Medianon timep9060 minCancel1.3%Flights152
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline25%
- Weather9%
- Air traffic (NAS)14%
- Late aircraft52%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly DCA → OMA
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 89% on time.
- Mornings89% on time · p90 15 min · 898 flights
- Afternoons69% on time · p90 50 min · 989 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 76% to 83% on time.
- Saturdays83% on time · p90 35 min · 102 flights · limited
- Sundays82% on time · p90 30 min · 308 flights
- Mondays79% on time · p90 35 min · 309 flights
- Fridays79% on time · p90 35 min · 302 flights
- Wednesdays78% on time · p90 30 min · 307 flights
- Tuesdays77% on time · p90 35 min · 307 flights
- Thursdays76% on time · p90 40 min · 299 flights
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