Route profile
OMA→SLC
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Omaha to Salt Lake City, 840 miles.
Right now
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Route reliability
July 2023 – July 2026
Better than 98% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 2,222 flights. How this is calculated
OMA → SLC arrives on time 90.2% of the time; the return trip, SLC → OMA, arrives on time 89.2% of the time.
OMA → SLC spends 24.1 minutes on the ground on an 840-mile trip: 16.3 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at OMA and 7.8 minutes from touchdown to gate at SLC.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What stands out
Unlike most, it barely matters what time you fly this route, a steadier spread than 99% of 4,023 comparable routes.
91.7% on time for 5–9 AM departures, against 88.4% for 6–9 PM, a narrow gap either way.
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 4,023 in the comparison.
What sets this route apart
Where OMA to SLC differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – July 2026.
OMA to SLC is at its best against routes of similar length for flights scheduled at 6 PM: 88.5% arrive on time, 21.3 points ahead of the 67.2% those routes manage at that hour. Against all other routes the gap is 20 points.
OMA to SLC holds up on Fridays better than routes of similar length do: 91.0% on time to their 75.8%, a 15.2 points lead. Against all other routes the gap is 14.8 points.
July is kinder to OMA to SLC than to routes of similar length: 90.4% on time against 68.2%, 22.2 points better. Against all other routes the gap is 20.7 points.
SkyWest Airlines does better on OMA to SLC than on its routes of similar length: 90.2% on time here, 82.1% there, 8.1 points apart. Against all other routes the gap is 9 points.
OMA to SLC against comparable routes
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 6 PM departures | 88.5% | routes of similar length | 67.2% | +21.3 pts | 663 here, 163,021 there |
| Weekday: Friday | 91.0% | routes of similar length | 75.8% | +15.2 pts | 324 here, 375,132 there |
| Month: July | 90.4% | routes of similar length | 68.2% | +22.2 pts | 272 here, 277,391 there |
| Airline: SkyWest Airlines | 90.2% | routes of similar length | 82.1% | +8.1 pts | 2,211 here, 74,332 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 840 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
14 min late
against a median of 8 min early
Percentiles over 2,222 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at SLC after arriving from OMA.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 26% | High risk |
| 45 min | 9.4% | Some risk |
| 60 min | 5.9% | Some risk |
| 90 min | 3.4% | Low risk |
| 120 min | 2.0% | 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 0.23% of the time and diverts 0.23% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 2,212 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 14 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 2,222 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Best time to fly
OMA → SLC flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 91.7% of the time, against 88.4% for 6–9 PM departures, a gap of 3.3 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
- 12 AM to 7 AM: too few flights to score
- 8 AM: 91.7% on time from 1,127 flights
- 9 AM to 4 PM: too few flights to score
- 5 PM: 88.1% on time from 246 flights
- 6 PM: 88.5% on time from 665 flights
- 7 PM to 11 PM: too few flights to score
Why OMA → SLC runs late
July 2023 – July 2026
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for OMA → SLC. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 2,221 | 90.2% | 0.23% | -8 min | 3.4% |
Flights on this route
Flight numbers with at least 600 operations here and still on the schedule.
| Flight | Scheduled | Operations | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| OO3874 SkyWest Airlines | 8:25 AM | 1,053 | 91.5% |
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Saturday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 4.0 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 83.5%
- Feb: 82.6%
- Mar: 89.5%
- Apr: 89.0%
- May: 91.7%
- Jun: 87.8%
- Jul: 90.4%
- Aug: 94.6%
- Sep: 93.9%
- Oct: 94.6%
- Nov: 91.4%
- Dec: 91.5%
February is historically the weakest month and August the strongest, a spread of 12.0 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 91.1% against 92.6% in the 12 months before — declining by 1.5 percentage points.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 2,222 OMA → SLC 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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