Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 1 time in 10 at 11 am and 37% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	ATL	OMA	2h 24m	82%	1.6%	1,730	Flying now
Frontier	ATL	OMA	2h 33m	60%	0.0%	58	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Omaha on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Omaha is 1 h behind Atlanta). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	ATL 10:05 → SLC 12:10DL 387	1h 20m Salt Lake City	SLC 13:30 → OMA 16:52DL 3896 · flown by SkyWest	7h 47m	96%	90%
American Details →	ATL 06:00 → PHL 08:11AA 3270	2h 24m Philadelphia	PHL 10:35 → OMA 12:48AA 4455 · flown by Republic	7h 48m	99%	89%
United Details →	ATL 07:05 → IAH 08:15UA 532	3h 40m Houston	IAH 11:55 → OMA 14:11UA 6188 · flown by Mesa	8h 06m	99%	87%
Delta Details →	ATL 07:25 → DTW 09:20DL 1646	2h 55m Detroit	DTW 12:15 → OMA 13:25DL 3762 · flown by SkyWest	7h 00m	99%	84%
Southwest Details →	ATL 06:25 → DEN 07:30WN 2114	2h 25m Denver	DEN 09:55 → OMA 12:30WN 748	7h 05m	100%	81%
United Details →	ATL 11:10 → DEN 12:28UA 1327	1h 22m Denver	DEN 13:50 → OMA 16:24UA 2327	6h 14m	96%	80%
United Details →	ATL 07:30 → DEN 08:51UA 340	1h 18m Denver	DEN 10:09 → OMA 12:42UA 361	6h 12m	95%	79%
American Details →	ATL 06:24 → CLT 07:55AA 5176 · flown by PSA	3h 25m Charlotte	CLT 11:20 → OMA 12:53AA 2225	7h 29m	97%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	ATL 18:45 → CLT 20:23AA 5040 · flown by PSA	2h 18m Charlotte	CLT 22:41 → OMA 00:19 +1AA 961	6h 34m	75%	56%
United Details →	ATL 19:04 → ORD 20:30UA 1046	1h 00m Chicago	ORD 21:30 → OMA 23:14UA 1625	5h 10m	63%	30%
American Details →	ATL 19:43 → ORD 21:11AA 1372	1h 24m Chicago	ORD 22:35 → OMA 00:37 +1AA 3198	5h 29m	61%	25%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

DEN · 1h 18m · leaves 07:30 5%

PHL · 1h 20m · leaves 07:05 7%

DTW · 1h 05m · leaves 09:18 11%

Afternoon and evening

MSP · 1h 09m · leaves 15:38 19%

ORD · 1h 00m · leaves 19:04 37%

MDW · 55m · leaves 19:35 74%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.


Southwest WN 2114 ATL 06:25 → DEN United UA 361 DEN 10:09 → OMA Connection details →	2h 39m	7h 17m	100%	84%
Delta DL 1585 ATL 07:30 → IAH United UA 6188 IAH 11:55 → OMA Connection details →	3h 18m	7h 41m	98%	83%
Southwest WN 202 ATL 09:30 → DEN United UA 2327 DEN 13:50 → OMA Connection details →	3h 10m	7h 54m	100%	83%

Rank all connections, any airlines →

Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON