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 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	OMA	SLC	2h 43m	91%	0.1%	756	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Salt Lake City on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Salt Lake City is 1 h behind Omaha). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	OMA 06:35 → PHX 07:20WN 4835	2h 25m Phoenix	PHX 09:45 → SLC 12:23DL 1447	6h 48m	100%	93%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	OMA 06:00 → LAS 06:50WN 2340	3h 10m Las Vegas	LAS 10:00 → SLC 12:27DL 1698	7h 27m	100%	89%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	OMA 15:46 → LAX 17:25AA 6278 · flown by SkyWest	1h 50m Los Angeles	LAX 19:15 → SLC 22:05DL 2973	7h 19m	96%	88%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	OMA 06:00 → LAX 07:41AA 6227 · flown by SkyWest	2h 14m Los Angeles	LAX 09:55 → SLC 12:50DL 1434	7h 50m	94%	86%
Delta Details →	OMA 08:00 → MSP 09:25DL 3512 · flown by SkyWest	3h 04m Minneapolis	MSP 12:29 → SLC 14:22DL 2651	7h 22m	96%	86%
United Details →	OMA 06:00 → DEN 06:49UA 1442	1h 11m Denver	DEN 08:00 → SLC 09:37UA 497	4h 37m	96%	86%
United Details →	OMA 09:06 → DEN 09:55UA 2838	3h 45m Denver	DEN 13:40 → SLC 15:13UA 1840	7h 07m	100%	84%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	OMA 06:03 → SEA 07:48AS 557	1h 42m Seattle	SEA 09:30 → SLC 12:38DL 1016	7h 35m	96%	84%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	OMA 18:29 → PHX 19:11AA 2227	1h 09m Phoenix	PHX 20:20 → SLC 23:03AA 4921 · flown by SkyWest	5h 34m	75%	55%
Southwest Details →	OMA 10:20 → DEN 10:55WN 2060	50m Denver	DEN 11:45 → SLC 13:25WN 1731	4h 05m	62%	40%
American Details →	OMA 19:46 → DFW 21:44AA 2232	1h 08m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:52 → SLC 00:36 +1AA 2378	5h 50m	58%	24%

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%

SEA · 1h 00m · leaves 06:03 4%

ORD · 1h 04m · leaves 06:00 5%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 1h 08m · leaves 17:27 25%

DFW · 1h 08m · leaves 19:46 42%

PHX · 50m · leaves 21:20 60%

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