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 6% of the time at 8 am and 2 times in 5 at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	DCA	OMA	2h 58m	87%	2.3%	304	Flying now
Southwest	DCA	OMA	2h 50m	59%	1.8%	341	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

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 Washington). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	DCA 06:00 → IAH 08:13UA 1450	3h 42m Houston	IAH 11:55 → OMA 14:11UA 6188 · flown by Mesa	9h 11m	99%	87%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	DCA 06:55 → ATL 08:50WN 4969	2h 36m Atlanta	ATL 11:26 → OMA 12:46DL 1125	6h 53m	97%	82%
American Details →	DCA 06:18 → CLT 07:57AA 1581	3h 23m Charlotte	CLT 11:20 → OMA 12:53AA 2225	7h 35m	97%	80%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	DCA 06:30 → ORD 07:46UA 1793	2h 44m Chicago	ORD 10:30 → OMA 12:20AA 3971 · flown by Envoy	6h 50m	98%	79%
American Details →	DCA 11:35 → ORD 12:53AA 489	3h 12m Chicago	ORD 16:05 → OMA 17:55AA 4724 · flown by Republic	7h 20m	98%	78%
Delta Details →	DCA 06:00 → MSP 07:39DL 1193	1h 11m Minneapolis	MSP 08:50 → OMA 10:16DL 3831 · flown by SkyWest	5h 16m	90%	78%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	DCA 08:25 → ORD 10:00AA 4360 · flown by Republic	2h 40m Chicago	ORD 12:40 → OMA 14:17UA 247	6h 52m	100%	78%
Southwest Details →	DCA 07:30 → MDW 08:25WN 1442	1h 45m Chicago	MDW 10:10 → OMA 11:35WN 2984	5h 05m	94%	75%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	DCA 18:59 → MSP 20:49DL 2963	51m Minneapolis	MSP 21:40 → OMA 23:00DL 4014 · flown by SkyWest	5h 01m	69%	45%
American Details →	DCA 20:06 → ORD 21:42AA 2903	53m Chicago	ORD 22:35 → OMA 00:37 +1AA 3198	5h 06m	71%	29%
United Details →	DCA 19:10 → ORD 20:32UA 1193	58m Chicago	ORD 21:30 → OMA 23:14UA 1625	5h 04m	55%	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

DTW · 1h 00m · leaves 06:00 6%

IAH · 1h 14m · leaves 08:20 6%

MSP · 1h 11m · leaves 06:00 10%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 50m · leaves 19:35 35%

IAH · 53m · leaves 16:59 40%

ORD · 58m · leaves 19:10 45%

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.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

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