tailodds FORECAST
Connection · one ticket · schedule Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 · records Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Omaha → Los Angeles via Chicago: arrives on time 50%

  1. 15:13 OMA → 17:05 ORD
    UA 739 · United · 1h 52m · 69% on time, 1.5% cancelled
  2. 1h 05m layover in Chicago (ORD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 18:10 ORD → 20:40 LAX
    UA 1967 · United · 4h 30m · 69% on time, 0.9% cancelled

Total trip 7h 27m, scheduled departure to arrival (Los Angeles is 2 h behind Omaha). Times are local. Both flew on 55 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection74%The first flight arrived more than 20 minutes late on 26% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 1h 05m layover.
Arrives on time50%First flight not cancelled (1.5% are) × connection made (74%) × second flight not cancelled (0.9% are) and within 15 minutes (69%).
Total trip7h 27mOMA 15:13 to LAX 20:40, layover included

Tight connection: often missed. The first flight is late enough to miss it on more than 1 day in 4.

Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.