Route profile
SLC→OMA
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Salt Lake City to Omaha, 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 99% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 2,220 flights. How this is calculated
SLC → OMA arrives on time 89.2% of the time; the return trip, OMA → SLC, arrives on time 90.2% of the time.
SLC → OMA spends 24.2 minutes on the ground on an 840-mile trip: 18.5 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at SLC 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
This route stays close to typical even on its worst days, a smaller gap than 98% of 4,598 comparable routes.
A typical arrival is 7 min early, and the worst tenth are only 23 minutes worse than that.
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 4,598 in the comparison.
What sets this route apart
Where SLC to OMA differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – July 2026.
SLC to OMA is at its best against routes of similar length for flights scheduled at 9 PM: 91.9% arrive on time, 25.1 points ahead of the 66.8% those routes manage at that hour. Against all other routes the gap is 22.4 points.
SLC to OMA holds up on Mondays better than routes of similar length do: 92.0% on time to their 76.8%, a 15.2 points lead. Against all other routes the gap is 14.8 points.
August is kinder to SLC to OMA than to routes of similar length: 93.0% on time against 75.2%, 17.8 points better. Against all other routes the gap is 16.5 points.
SkyWest Airlines does better on SLC to OMA than on its routes of similar length: 89.2% on time here, 82.1% there, 7.1 points apart. Against all other routes the gap is 8 points.
SLC to OMA against comparable routes
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 9 PM departures | 91.9% | routes of similar length | 66.8% | +25.1 pts | 172 here, 71,636 there |
| Weekday: Monday | 92.0% | routes of similar length | 76.8% | +15.2 pts | 323 here, 373,095 there |
| Month: August | 93.0% | routes of similar length | 75.2% | +17.8 pts | 186 here, 205,581 there |
| Airline: SkyWest Airlines | 89.2% | routes of similar length | 82.1% | +7.1 pts | 2,206 here, 74,337 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
16 min late
against a median of 7 min early
Percentiles over 2,220 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at OMA after arriving from SLC.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 28% | High risk |
| 45 min | 10% | Some risk |
| 60 min | 5.8% | Some risk |
| 90 min | 2.4% | Low risk |
| 120 min | 1.7% | 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 0.18% of the time and diverts 0.41% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 2,207 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 16 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 2,220 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Best time to fly
SLC → OMA flights departing 9 PM–5 AM arrived on time 91.9% of the time, against 85.1% for 3–6 PM departures, a gap of 6.8 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
- 12 AM to 12 PM: too few flights to score
- 1 PM: 91.3% on time from 744 flights
- 2 PM: 91.1% on time from 274 flights
- 3 PM to 4 PM: too few flights to score
- 5 PM: 85.1% on time from 161 flights
- 6 PM to 7 PM: too few flights to score
- 8 PM: 86.5% on time from 745 flights
- 9 PM: 91.9% on time from 172 flights
- 10 PM to 11 PM: too few flights to score
Departure windows with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.
Why SLC → OMA 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 SLC → OMA. 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 | 2,219 | 89.2% | 0.18% | -7 min | 2.4% |
Flights on this route
Flight numbers with at least 600 operations here and still on the schedule.
| Flight | Scheduled | Operations | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| OO3896 SkyWest Airlines | 1:55 PM | 934 | 90.9% |
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Monday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 5.6 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 84.8%
- Feb: 91.0%
- Mar: 92.4%
- Apr: 90.1%
- May: 88.3%
- Jun: 88.7%
- Jul: 82.5%
- Aug: 93.0%
- Sep: 88.9%
- Oct: 94.0%
- Nov: 92.0%
- Dec: 88.2%
July is historically the weakest month and October the strongest, a spread of 11.5 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 89.7% against 90.0% in the 12 months before — broadly unchanged.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 2,220 SLC → 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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