OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Omaha to Phoenix

1,037 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on OMA–PHX arrive on time 82% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate82%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.6%of scheduled flights

based on 1,790 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Envoy Airbest
    On-time90%
    Medianon time
    p9010 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights247
  • American Airlines
    On-time83%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel0.6%
    Flights178
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel0.6%
    Flights1,215
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel2.0%
    Flights150

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline33%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)13%
  • Late aircraft52%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline27%
  • Weather64%
  • Air traffic (NAS)9%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 11 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 → PHX

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 — 92% on time.

  • Mornings92% on time · p90 5 min · 2,014 flights
  • Afternoons84% on time · p90 20 min · 1,577 flights
  • Middays84% on time · p90 20 min · 627 flights
  • Evenings73% on time · p90 55 min · 1,042 flights
  • Overnights65% on time · p90 60 min · 259 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 81% to 85% on time.

  • Wednesdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 742 flights
  • Saturdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 750 flights
  • Mondays84% on time · p90 25 min · 820 flights
  • Fridays84% on time · p90 25 min · 830 flights
  • Thursdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 822 flights
  • Tuesdays83% on time · p90 25 min · 728 flights
  • Sundays81% on time · p90 30 min · 827 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.