Route profile
CLT→OMA
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Charlotte to Omaha, 913 miles.
Right now
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Route reliability
July 2023 – July 2026
Better than 28% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 2,803 flights. How this is calculated · What counts as on time
CLT → OMA arrives on time 75.8% of the time; the return trip, OMA → CLT, arrives on time 81.2% of the time, a 5.5-point gap between the two directions of the same city pair.
CLT → OMA spends 24.2 minutes on the ground on a 913-mile trip: 18.5 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at CLT and 5.7 minutes from touchdown to gate at OMA.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What stands out
Reliability here swings unusually widely by season, a wider month-to-month spread than 98% of 3,357 comparable routes.
87.7% on time in a typical November, against 58.7% in July.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Ranked against every other route with the same kind of figure and at least 3,357 in the comparison.
What sets this route apart
Where CLT to OMA differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – July 2026.
CLT to OMA is at its best against routes of similar length for flights scheduled at 9 PM: 72.9% arrive on time, 6.9 points ahead of the 66.0% those routes manage at that hour.
Monday is the day CLT to OMA slips furthest against routes of similar length, 71.9% on time where they average 76.8%, 4.9 points lower. Against all other routes the gap is 5.4 points.
In July, CLT to OMA runs 9.9 points below routes of similar length, 58.7% on time to 68.6%. Against all other routes the gap is 11 points.
CLT to OMA against comparable routes
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 9 PM departures | 72.9% | routes of similar length | 66.0% | +6.9 pts | 280 here, 80,037 there |
| Weekday: Monday | 71.9% | routes of similar length | 76.8% | −4.9 pts | 406 here, 414,195 there |
| Month: July | 58.7% | routes of similar length | 68.6% | −9.9 pts | 293 here, 310,127 there |
Each comparison pools the flights of other routes, with this route’s own left out. Similar length means within 15% of this route’s 913 miles, with at least 5 such routes. A bucket is set against the most comparable group that has enough flights: similar length, then the same origin (at least 3 routes), then all other routes. Hours, weekdays and months appear only where both sides have 120 completed flights, and airlines where both have 600. The gap must be at least 2 points and 2 standard errors, and only the largest gap each way is kept per measure. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.
When it goes wrong
July 2023 – July 2026
57 min late
against a median of 5 min early
CLT → OMA has an average that understates its risk: a typical arrival is 5 min early, but the worst tenth are 62 minutes worse than that. If the trip has something unmissable at the end of it, the median is the wrong number to plan against.
Percentiles over 2,803 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at OMA after arriving from CLT.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 40% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 24% | High risk |
| 60 min | 17% | High risk |
| 90 min | 9.2% | Some risk |
| 120 min | 4.8% | Low risk |
This is one leg of a connection. Gate changes and the next flight's own schedule matter too. And a connection can fail before delay is even the question — this route cancels 1.43% of the time and diverts 0.29% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 2,755 arrivals on this route that landed later than the connection time less 30 minutes to reach the next gate.
The worst tenth of arrivals on this route land at least 57 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 2,803 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Best time to fly
CLT → OMA flights departing 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 83.4% of the time, against 68.8% for 9 PM–5 AM departures, a gap of 14.6 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
- 12 AM to 10 AM: too few flights to score
- 11 AM: 83.5% on time from 725 flights
- 12 PM: 78.9% on time from 370 flights
- 1 PM: too few flights to score
- 2 PM: 77.7% on time from 247 flights
- 3 PM: 73.4% on time from 269 flights
- 4 PM to 7 PM: too few flights to score
- 8 PM: 69.2% on time from 388 flights
- 9 PM: 72.9% on time from 285 flights
- 10 PM: 65.8% on time from 368 flights
- 11 PM: too few flights to score
Departure windows with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.
Why CLT → OMA runs late
July 2023 – July 2026
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for CLT → OMA. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Late-arriving aircraft is the largest cause on CLT → OMA, at 47.4%: flights here mostly leave late because the plane came in late, and the day shows it: 9 AM–12 PM departures arrived on time 83.4% of the time and 9 PM–5 AM departures 68.8%.
Airlines on this route
Carriers with at least 200 flights, by the airline that operated each one.
| Carrier | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 2,524 | 75.9% | 1.31% | -5 min | 9.6% |
| PSA Airlines | 276 | 74.4% | 2.54% | -5 min | 8.3% |
American Airlines flew 90.1% of the 2,800 flights listed. PSA Airlines cancelled 2.54% of its flights here against 1.31% for American Airlines.
Carriers on this route performed within a couple of percentage points of each other.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Monday the least, a gap of 9.5 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 76.1%
- Feb: 77.5%
- Mar: 80.3%
- Apr: 77.6%
- May: 72.4%
- Jun: 64.7%
- Jul: 58.7%
- Aug: 69.7%
- Sep: 84.5%
- Oct: 84.3%
- Nov: 87.7%
- Dec: 80.5%
July is historically the weakest month and November the strongest, a spread of 29.0 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 78.8% against 76.7% in the 12 months before — improving by 2.1 percentage points.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 2,803 CLT → OMA flight records from the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, covering July 2023 – July 2026. Late means 15 or more minutes past scheduled arrival; cancelled and diverted flights are left out of on-time rates.
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Related research: How Long a Layover Needs to Be · Two Airlines on One Route · Best Time of Day to Fly From Major US Airports
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