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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 5% of the time at 9 am and 38% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
Delta OMA DCA 2h 34m 84% 2.0% 304 Flying now
Southwest OMA DCA 2h 25m 78% 1.2% 341 Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Washington on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Washington is 1 h ahead of Omaha). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
UnitedDetails → OMA 06:00 → DEN 06:49UA 1442 2h 41m Denver DEN 09:30 → DCA 14:59UA 789 7h 59m 99% 89%
SouthwestDetails → OMA 05:25 → MDW 06:50WN 4504 1h 25m Chicago MDW 08:15 → DCA 11:10WN 2569 4h 45m 96% 87%
UnitedDetails → OMA 06:15 → IAH 08:37UA 2399 1h 10m Houston IAH 09:47 → DCA 13:57UA 2670 6h 42m 95% 83%
UnitedDetails → OMA 06:00 → ORD 07:51UA 2427 2h 09m Chicago ORD 10:00 → DCA 13:04UA 1381 6h 04m 98% 81%
DeltaDetails → OMA 06:15 → MSP 07:35DL 3864 · flown by SkyWest 2h 51m Minneapolis MSP 10:26 → DCA 13:48DL 2983 6h 34m 96% 80%
AmericanDetails → OMA 05:20 → DFW 07:20AA 2540 1h 30m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 08:50 → DCA 12:52AA 1177 6h 32m 96% 78%
AmericanDetails → OMA 06:00 → PHX 06:47AA 638 1h 43m Phoenix PHX 08:30 → DCA 15:59AA 3191 8h 59m 91% 77%
DeltaDetails → OMA 05:46 → ATL 08:59DL 1136 2h 01m Atlanta ATL 11:00 → DCA 12:42DL 737 5h 56m 97% 75%
Tight connection: often missed
DeltaDetails → OMA 17:52 → MSP 19:14DL 3948 · flown by SkyWest 46m Minneapolis MSP 20:00 → DCA 23:27DL 2961 4h 34m 75% 51%
UnitedDetails → OMA 15:13 → ORD 17:05UA 739 55m Chicago ORD 18:00 → DCA 21:10UA 1369 4h 57m 62% 30%
AmericanDetails → OMA 16:58 → DFW 19:05AA 2229 55m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 20:00 → DCA 23:59AA 2077 6h 01m 35% 19%

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
IAH · 1h 10m · leaves 06:15 5%
CLT · 1h 16m · leaves 06:20 7%
MSP · 1h 01m · leaves 08:00 12%
Afternoon and evening
MSP · 46m · leaves 17:52 25%
ORD · 55m · leaves 15:13 38%
DFW · 55m · leaves 16:58 65%

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