Holiday travel
Holiday travel at OMA
Eppley Airfield, Omaha, NE. July 2023 – July 2026. Set against OMA’s own ordinary days of the same weekday in the weeks around each holiday.
The five holidays at OMA
At OMA, Thanksgiving ran furthest below ordinary days (−12.4 points) and July 4 furthest above (+3.4 points).
Each row pools every year of that holiday’s window at OMA and sets it against OMA’s own ordinary days of the same weekdays in the weeks around it. Open a holiday for its day-by-day figures.
| Holiday | On time | Gap from usual, points | Cancelled | Worst day | Best day | All airports, gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thanksgiving3 times in the data | 74.2%usual 86.6% | −12.4worseyears: 1 about the same, 2 worse | 1.89%usual 0.43% | Saturday after (years pooled) | Wednesday before (years pooled) | −2.1worse |
| Christmas to New Year’s3 times in the data | 78.7%usual 81.4% | −2.7worseyears: 2 about the same, 1 worse | 1.14%usual 1.83% | December 28 (years pooled) | December 23 (years pooled) | −3.2worse |
| July 44 times in the data | 78.5%usual 75.1% | +3.4betteryears: 1 better, 3 about the same | 2.43%usual 1.48% | July 2 (years pooled) | July 4 (years pooled) | +5.2better |
| Memorial Day3 times in the data | 78.3%usual 77.3% | +1.0about the sameyears: 3 about the same | 1.00%usual 0.89% | Memorial Day (years pooled) | Saturday before (years pooled) | −0.3about the same |
| Labor Day3 times in the data | 86.5%usual 84.3% | +2.2about the sameyears: 1 better, 2 about the same | 1.75%usual 0.66% | Labor Day (years pooled) | Sunday before (years pooled) | +4.2better |
A dash means fewer than 120 flights stood behind the figure, or behind the ordinary days it would be compared with: too few to print a rate, and nothing is estimated in its place. “Usual” is what ordinary days of the same weekday had at the same place in the weeks around the holiday, weighted by the flights being compared.