OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Omaha to Los Angeles

1,330 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on OMA–LAX arrive on time 85% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate85%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay20 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.6%of scheduled flights

based on 523 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time85%
    Medianon time
    p9020 min
    Cancel0.6%
    Flights523

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline74%
  • Weather7%
  • Air traffic (NAS)9%
  • Late aircraft9%
  • Security1%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather100%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 3 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 OMA → LAX

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

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 84% to 86% on time.

  • Afternoons86% on time · p90 20 min · 566 flights
  • Evenings86% on time · p90 15 min · 484 flights
  • Mornings84% on time · p90 25 min · 180 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 82% to 89% on time.

  • Thursdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 177 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 173 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays86% on time · p90 15 min · 205 flights
  • Sundays86% on time · p90 20 min · 188 flights · limited
  • Fridays82% on time · p90 25 min · 199 flights · limited
  • Saturdays82% on time · p90 20 min · 215 flights
  • Mondays82% on time · p90 20 min · 191 flights · limited

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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.