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 8% of the time at 9 am and 2 times in 5 at 5 pm.

Nonstops


United	DEN	OMA	1h 37m	81%	0.3%	1,689	Flying now
Southwest	DEN	OMA	1h 25m	76%	0.3%	1,393	Flying now
Frontier	DEN	OMA	1h 35m	70%	0.0%	226	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 ahead of Denver). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	DEN 05:00 → IAH 08:32UA 320	3h 23m Houston	IAH 11:55 → OMA 14:11UA 6188 · flown by Mesa	8h 11m	100%	88%
Southwest Details →	DEN 05:45 → LAS 06:40WN 3106	1h 05m Las Vegas	LAS 07:45 → OMA 12:25WN 2294	5h 40m	100%	88%
Delta Details →	DEN 00:40 → ATL 05:42DL 302	2h 31m Atlanta	ATL 08:13 → OMA 09:36DL 2632	7h 56m	99%	86%
Delta Details →	DEN 05:40 → SLC 07:13DL 2544	2h 22m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:35 → OMA 12:56DL 4114 · flown by SkyWest	6h 16m	97%	84%
American Details →	DEN 09:08 → ORD 12:56AA 1747	3h 09m Chicago	ORD 16:05 → OMA 17:55AA 4724 · flown by Republic	7h 47m	100%	82%
Delta Details →	DEN 06:05 → DTW 10:57DL 1745	1h 18m Detroit	DTW 12:15 → OMA 13:25DL 3762 · flown by SkyWest	6h 20m	95%	81%
Delta Details →	DEN 15:55 → SLC 17:34DL 1623	3h 01m Salt Lake City	SLC 20:35 → OMA 23:58DL 3706 · flown by SkyWest	7h 02m	96%	80%
Delta Details →	DEN 00:59 → DTW 05:48DL 1096	2h 42m Detroit	DTW 08:30 → OMA 09:43DL 4055 · flown by SkyWest	7h 44m	97%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DEN 12:34 → ORD 16:31AA 1744	58m Chicago	ORD 17:29 → OMA 19:17AA 3738 · flown by Envoy	5h 43m	75%	53%
American Details →	DEN 15:57 → CLT 21:27AA 1735	1h 14m Charlotte	CLT 22:41 → OMA 00:19 +1AA 961	7h 22m	63%	49%
United Details →	DEN 16:29 → ORD 20:14UA 675	1h 16m Chicago	ORD 21:30 → OMA 23:14UA 1625	5h 45m	74%	36%

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 18m · leaves 06:05 5%

SLC · 59m · leaves 07:05 8%

PHX · 55m · leaves 06:15 9%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 20m · leaves 12:39 22%

CLT · 1h 14m · leaves 15:57 37%

ORD · 55m · leaves 13:25 40%

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.


United UA 497 DEN 08:00 → SLC Delta DL 3896 SLC 13:30 → OMA Connection details →	3h 53m	7h 52m	99%	94%
United UA 1093 DEN 06:04 → LAX American AA 6278 LAX 09:49 → OMA Connection details →	2h 15m	8h 09m	99%	92%
Frontier F9 1450 DEN 23:46 → ATL Delta DL 2632 ATL 08:13 → OMA Connection details →	3h 11m	8h 50m	95%	82%

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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