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 7 am and 1 time in 4 at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	OMA	LAX	3h 45m	88%	0.5%	584	Flying now
Allegiant	OMA	LAX	–	100%few flights	0.0%	3	Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Los Angeles on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Los Angeles is 2 h behind Omaha). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	OMA 17:50 → SLC 19:29DL 3896 · flown by SkyWest	3h 16m Salt Lake City	SLC 22:45 → LAX 23:46DL 2014	7h 56m	100%	96%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	OMA 06:00 → LAS 06:50WN 2340	3h 55m Las Vegas	LAS 10:45 → LAX 12:05UA 203	8h 05m	100%	94%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	OMA 12:39 → SLC 14:24DL 3815 · flown by SkyWest	2h 18m Salt Lake City	SLC 16:42 → LAX 17:53UA 5456 · flown by SkyWest	7h 14m	95%	93%
United Details →	OMA 06:00 → DEN 06:49UA 1442	3h 13m Denver	DEN 10:02 → LAX 11:34UA 405	7h 34m	99%	90%
United Details →	OMA 09:06 → DEN 09:55UA 2838	3h 31m Denver	DEN 13:26 → LAX 14:57UA 774	7h 51m	99%	90%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	OMA 06:35 → PHX 07:20WN 4835	2h 46m Phoenix	PHX 10:06 → LAX 11:31UA 2487	6h 56m	100%	89%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	OMA 12:10 → PHX 12:50WN 2984	3h 00m Phoenix	PHX 15:50 → LAX 17:27UA 5718 · flown by SkyWest	7h 17m	98%	89%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	OMA 15:40 → SAN 16:50WN 4905	3h 42m San Diego	SAN 20:32 → LAX 21:45UA 5636 · flown by SkyWest	8h 05m	100%	88%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	OMA 15:13 → ORD 17:05UA 739	1h 05m Chicago	ORD 18:10 → LAX 20:40UA 1967	7h 27m	74%	50%
American Details →	OMA 16:58 → DFW 19:05AA 2229	1h 44m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:49 → LAX 22:03AA 1084	7h 05m	71%	27%
American Details →	OMA 19:46 → DFW 21:44AA 2232	47m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:31 → LAX 23:45AA 1504	5h 59m	37%	21%

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

DEN · 1h 11m · leaves 06:00 4%

IAH · 1h 16m · leaves 06:15 4%

ATL · 1h 14m · leaves 07:01 5%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 56m · leaves 18:40 43%

LAS · 1h 00m · leaves 20:30 54%

DFW · 47m · leaves 19:46 63%

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