Historical on-time performance
Salt Lake City to Omaha
840 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on SLC–OMA arrive on time 90% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate90%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay10 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.1%of scheduled flights
based on 718 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- SkyWest AirlinesOn-time90%Medianon timep9010 minCancel0.1%Flights718
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline75%
- Weather13%
- Air traffic (NAS)11%
- Late aircraft0%
- Security0%
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 1 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 SLC → OMA
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 86% to 90% on time.
- Middays90% on time · p90 10 min · 723 flights
- Afternoons90% on time · p90 10 min · 274 flights
- Overnights87% on time · p90 20 min · 892 flights
- Evenings86% on time · p90 20 min · 183 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 86% to 91% on time.
- Mondays91% on time · p90 10 min · 310 flights
- Tuesdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 307 flights
- Wednesdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 306 flights
- Fridays89% on time · p90 15 min · 312 flights
- Saturdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 274 flights
- Thursdays88% on time · p90 20 min · 307 flights
- Sundays86% on time · p90 20 min · 305 flights
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