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 1 time in 10 at 10 am and almost half the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	OMA	STL	1h 15m	89%	0.5%	826	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach St Louis on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	OMA 06:00 → DEN 06:49UA 1442	3h 16m Denver	DEN 10:05 → STL 13:20WN 1753	7h 20m	99%	94%
Southwest Details →	OMA 05:25 → MDW 06:50WN 4504	1h 00m Chicago	MDW 07:50 → STL 09:10WN 2900	3h 45m	96%	91%
United Details →	OMA 06:00 → ORD 07:51UA 2427	2h 49m Chicago	ORD 10:40 → STL 12:11UA 1355	6h 11m	98%	85%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	OMA 10:20 → DEN 10:55WN 2060	2h 30m Denver	DEN 13:25 → STL 16:33UA 1639	6h 13m	93%	81%
American Details →	OMA 07:10 → ORD 09:01AA 3197	3h 31m Chicago	ORD 12:32 → STL 13:55AA 3815 · flown by Envoy	6h 45m	98%	81%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	OMA 06:15 → DEN 06:50WN 3127	2h 45m Denver	DEN 09:35 → STL 12:42UA 652	6h 27m	98%	81%
Southwest + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	OMA 13:10 → DEN 13:45WN 3128	2h 25m Denver	DEN 16:10 → STL 19:23F9 3302	6h 12m	94%	80%
Delta Details →	OMA 05:46 → ATL 08:59DL 1136	2h 53m Atlanta	ATL 11:52 → STL 12:34DL 566	6h 44m	98%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	OMA 19:00 → DEN 19:58UA 5316 · flown by SkyWest	47m Denver	DEN 20:45 → STL 23:57UA 214	4h 57m	66%	38%
United Details →	OMA 15:13 → ORD 17:05UA 739	50m Chicago	ORD 17:55 → STL 19:23UA 4412 · flown by GoJet	4h 10m	51%	27%
American Details →	OMA 16:58 → DFW 19:05AA 2229	50m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 19:55 → STL 21:48AA 1010	4h 48m	33%	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

MDW · 1h 00m · leaves 05:25 4%

ORD · 1h 09m · leaves 06:00 5%

MSP · 1h 20m · leaves 06:15 7%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 47m · leaves 19:00 34%

ORD · 50m · leaves 15:13 49%

DFW · 50m · leaves 16:58 67%

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