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 7% of the time at 7 am and 29% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	DTW	OMA	2h 13m	75%	0.7%	1,177	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 Detroit). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	DTW 05:30 → DEN 06:35WN 1778	1h 05m Denver	DEN 07:40 → OMA 10:10WN 1655	5h 40m	93%	84%
American Details →	DTW 07:00 → CLT 08:54AA 1439	2h 26m Charlotte	CLT 11:20 → OMA 12:53AA 2225	6h 53m	98%	83%
American Details →	DTW 06:45 → ORD 07:30AA 6465 · flown by SkyWest	2h 00m Chicago	ORD 09:30 → OMA 11:18AA 3739 · flown by Envoy	5h 33m	95%	82%
United Details →	DTW 05:30 → ORD 05:53UA 3483 · flown by Republic	2h 47m Chicago	ORD 08:40 → OMA 10:27UA 1778	5h 57m	100%	82%
Delta Details →	DTW 07:25 → ATL 09:26DL 965	2h 00m Atlanta	ATL 11:26 → OMA 12:46DL 1125	6h 23m	96%	81%
Delta Details →	DTW 05:17 → ATL 07:10DL 2375	1h 03m Atlanta	ATL 08:13 → OMA 09:36DL 2632	5h 19m	93%	80%
Southwest Details →	DTW 08:40 → MDW 08:55WN 1781	1h 15m Chicago	MDW 10:10 → OMA 11:35WN 2984	3h 55m	96%	77%
Delta Details →	DTW 14:57 → ATL 17:05DL 1983	2h 25m Atlanta	ATL 19:30 → OMA 20:54DL 2707	6h 57m	98%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	DTW 17:40 → SLC 19:38DL 765	57m Salt Lake City	SLC 20:35 → OMA 23:58DL 3706 · flown by SkyWest	7h 17m	73%	61%
American Details →	DTW 19:58 → CLT 21:55AA 1794	46m Charlotte	CLT 22:41 → OMA 00:19 +1AA 961	5h 21m	61%	45%
Southwest Details →	DTW 20:25 → MDW 20:35WN 1782	50m Chicago	MDW 21:25 → OMA 22:55WN 2845	3h 30m	21%	13%

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

MDW · 1h 15m · leaves 08:40 4%

DEN · 1h 05m · leaves 05:30 7%

ATL · 1h 03m · leaves 05:17 7%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 46m · leaves 19:58 39%

STL · 55m · leaves 20:15 60%

MDW · 50m · leaves 20:25 79%

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 3483 DTW 05:30 → ORD American AA 3739 ORD 09:30 → OMA Connection details →	3h 37m	6h 48m	100%	84%
Delta DL 2968 DTW 07:05 → PHL American AA 4455 PHL 10:35 → OMA Connection details →	1h 51m	6h 43m	91%	81%
Delta DL 2481 DTW 07:05 → CLT American AA 2225 CLT 11:20 → OMA Connection details →	2h 28m	6h 48m	95%	79%

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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