OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Minneapolis to Omaha

282 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MSP–OMA arrive on time 73% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate73%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay70 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.1%of scheduled flights

based on 1,394 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights1,394

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline75%
  • Weather16%
  • Air traffic (NAS)9%
  • Late aircraft0%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather94%
  • Air traffic (NAS)6%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 16 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 MSP → 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 · 836 flights
  • Middays81% on time · p90 40 min · 966 flights
  • Afternoons78% on time · p90 50 min · 945 flights
  • Overnights76% on time · p90 60 min · 970 flights
  • Evenings72% on time · p90 75 min · 407 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 77% to 82% on time.

  • Saturdays82% on time · p90 35 min · 504 flights
  • Sundays82% on time · p90 30 min · 597 flights
  • Wednesdays81% on time · p90 40 min · 602 flights
  • Thursdays80% on time · p90 55 min · 605 flights
  • Tuesdays80% on time · p90 45 min · 603 flights
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 50 min · 608 flights
  • Fridays77% on time · p90 55 min · 605 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.