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 4% of the time at 8 am and almost half the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	LAX	OMA	3h 21m	85%	0.7%	586	Flying now
Allegiant	LAX	OMA	–	100%few flights	0.0%	3	Not flying now
Southwest	LAX	OMA	–	100%few flights	0.0%	1	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 2 h ahead of Los Angeles). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	LAX 07:15 → SLC 10:10DL 1318	3h 20m Salt Lake City	SLC 13:30 → OMA 16:52DL 3896 · flown by SkyWest	7h 37m	99%	92%
United Details →	LAX 23:30 → ORD 05:46UA 1962	2h 54m Chicago	ORD 08:40 → OMA 10:27 +1UA 1778	8h 57m	100%	86%
Southwest Details →	LAX 05:35 → LAS 06:50WN 2403	55m Las Vegas	LAS 07:45 → OMA 12:25WN 2294	4h 50m	96%	85%
United Details →	LAX 05:00 → DEN 08:22UA 1010	1h 47m Denver	DEN 10:09 → OMA 12:42UA 361	5h 42m	100%	84%
Southwest Details →	LAX 05:05 → PHX 06:30WN 116	1h 30m Phoenix	PHX 08:00 → OMA 12:30WN 4470	5h 25m	100%	84%
American Details →	LAX 00:40 → ORD 07:06AA 2919	2h 24m Chicago	ORD 09:30 → OMA 11:18AA 3739 · flown by Envoy	8h 38m	96%	84%
Delta Details →	LAX 05:35 → SLC 08:30DL 2906	1h 05m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:35 → OMA 12:56DL 4114 · flown by SkyWest	5h 21m	96%	83%
Delta Details →	LAX 00:30 → MSP 06:10DL 2084	2h 40m Minneapolis	MSP 08:50 → OMA 10:16DL 3831 · flown by SkyWest	7h 46m	98%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	LAX 13:58 → CLT 21:55AA 1988	46m Charlotte	CLT 22:41 → OMA 00:19 +1AA 961	8h 21m	63%	48%
American Details →	LAX 15:00 → DFW 20:18AA 2994	1h 12m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 21:30 → OMA 23:22AA 2628	6h 22m	68%	33%
United Details →	LAX 14:26 → ORD 20:40UA 2487	50m Chicago	ORD 21:30 → OMA 23:14UA 1625	6h 48m	53%	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

ORD · 1h 13m · leaves 05:10 2%

LAS · 55m · leaves 05:35 4%

SLC · 1h 05m · leaves 05:35 4%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 46m · leaves 13:58 37%

DEN · 1h 15m · leaves 14:45 46%

ORD · 50m · leaves 14:26 47%

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 729 LAX 00:13 → ORD American AA 3739 ORD 09:30 → OMA Connection details →	2h 58m	9h 05m	97%	86%
American AA 4957 LAX 07:42 → DEN United UA 2327 DEN 13:50 → OMA Connection details →	2h 36m	6h 42m	100%	83%
United UA 1941 LAX 07:00 → ORD American AA 4724 ORD 16:05 → OMA Connection details →	2h 51m	8h 55m	97%	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