Historical on-time performance
Omaha to Washington
1,012 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on OMA–DCA arrive on time 80% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate80%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay20 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-time80%Medianon timep9020 minCancel1.3%Flights152
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline8%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)28%
- Late aircraft64%
- 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 OMA → DCA
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 82% to 86% on time.
- Sundays86% on time · p90 20 min · 308 flights
- Thursdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 299 flights
- Fridays85% on time · p90 20 min · 302 flights
- Mondays84% on time · p90 20 min · 309 flights
- Saturdays84% on time · p90 20 min · 102 flights · limited
- Tuesdays84% on time · p90 20 min · 307 flights
- Wednesdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 307 flights
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