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 10 am and 1 time in 5 at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	OMA	ATL	2h 20m	88%	1.7%	1,730	Flying now
Frontier	OMA	ATL	2h 21m	60%	0.0%	58	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	OMA 07:55 → STL 09:10WN 3139	50m St Louis	STL 10:00 → ATL 12:35WN 236	3h 40m	95%	88%
Southwest Details →	OMA 05:25 → MDW 06:50WN 4504	2h 05m Chicago	MDW 08:55 → ATL 11:45WN 4154	5h 20m	100%	86%
United Details →	OMA 06:00 → ORD 07:51UA 2427	2h 38m Chicago	ORD 10:29 → ATL 13:44UA 2684	6h 44m	98%	82%
Delta Details →	OMA 06:15 → MSP 07:35DL 3864 · flown by SkyWest	3h 05m Minneapolis	MSP 10:40 → ATL 14:05DL 1046	6h 50m	97%	82%
Delta Details →	OMA 08:10 → SLC 09:55DL 3874 · flown by SkyWest	1h 05m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:00 → ATL 16:45DL 885	7h 35m	95%	78%
Delta Details →	OMA 13:40 → MSP 15:02DL 3848 · flown by SkyWest	2h 13m Minneapolis	MSP 17:15 → ATL 20:56DL 1036	6h 16m	94%	78%
Delta Details →	OMA 08:00 → MSP 09:25DL 3512 · flown by SkyWest	3h 20m Minneapolis	MSP 12:45 → ATL 16:16DL 1048	7h 16m	96%	77%
United Details →	OMA 08:00 → IAH 10:22UA 2662	1h 33m Houston	IAH 11:55 → ATL 15:16UA 4079 · flown by Mesa	6h 16m	97%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
Southwest Details →	OMA 13:10 → DEN 13:45WN 3128	50m Denver	DEN 14:35 → ATL 19:30WN 4170	5h 20m	53%	16%
Southwest Details →	OMA 16:25 → MDW 17:50WN 4094	1h 00m Chicago	MDW 18:50 → ATL 21:45WN 4140	4h 20m	43%	15%

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 15m · leaves 08:20 2%

PHL · 1h 14m · leaves 06:00 5%

ORD · 1h 16m · leaves 06:00 5%

Afternoon and evening

MSP · 56m · leaves 17:52 21%

DTW · 59m · leaves 14:05 23%

MDW · 1h 00m · leaves 16:25 57%

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 1442 OMA 06:00 → DEN Delta DL 2235 DEN 09:40 → ATL Connection details →	2h 51m	7h 36m	99%	84%
Southwest WN 4316 OMA 08:20 → MDW Delta DL 2417 MDW 12:50 → ATL Connection details →	3h 05m	6h 32m	100%	83%
American AA 1042 OMA 06:20 → CLT Delta DL 3190 CLT 12:19 → ATL Connection details →	2h 21m	6h 21m	97%	82%

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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