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 75-minute layover misses 7% of the time at 8 am and 22% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


United	OMA	DEN	1h 55m	82%	0.5%	1,689	Flying now
Southwest	OMA	DEN	1h 40m	73%	0.4%	1,392	Flying now
Frontier	OMA	DEN	1h 51m	70%	0.0%	226	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	OMA 06:00 → LAS 06:50WN 2340	2h 05m Las Vegas	LAS 08:55 → DEN 11:50WN 247	6h 50m	100%	88%
United Details →	OMA 06:00 → ORD 07:55UA 5611 · flown by SkyWest	2h 59m Chicago	ORD 10:54 → DEN 12:45UA 581	7h 45m	96%	87%
Delta Details →	OMA 07:01 → ATL 10:16DL 1157	2h 34m Atlanta	ATL 12:50 → DEN 14:04DL 957	8h 03m	99%	87%
United Details →	OMA 06:15 → IAH 08:37UA 2399	3h 56m Houston	IAH 12:33 → DEN 14:17UA 2168	9h 02m	99%	86%
Delta Details →	OMA 08:10 → SLC 09:55DL 3874 · flown by SkyWest	3h 25m Salt Lake City	SLC 13:20 → DEN 14:56DL 1623	7h 46m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	OMA 05:46 → ATL 08:59DL 1136	2h 46m Atlanta	ATL 11:45 → DEN 12:59DL 706	8h 13m	97%	82%
Delta Details →	OMA 06:25 → DTW 09:30DL 4110 · flown by SkyWest	3h 12m Detroit	DTW 12:42 → DEN 13:54DL 1648	8h 29m	97%	81%
American Details →	OMA 06:00 → PHX 06:47AA 638	1h 45m Phoenix	PHX 08:32 → DEN 11:29AA 1757	6h 27m	91%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	OMA 19:48 → ORD 21:42AA 3738 · flown by Envoy	52m Chicago	ORD 22:34 → DEN 00:17 +1AA 1387	5h 28m	69%	34%
American Details →	OMA 16:58 → DFW 19:05AA 2229	1h 24m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:29 → DEN 21:32AA 577	5h 34m	60%	27%
American Details →	OMA 19:46 → DFW 21:44AA 2232	1h 01m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:45 → DEN 23:55AA 662	5h 09m	49%	20%

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

MSP · 1h 20m · leaves 06:15 7%

DFW · 1h 15m · leaves 05:20 7%

IAH · 55m · leaves 06:15 10%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 05m · leaves 13:47 20%

ORD · 52m · leaves 19:48 31%

DFW · 1h 01m · leaves 19:46 51%

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.


Southwest WN 4905 OMA 15:40 → SAN Alaska AS 1619 SAN 20:01 → DEN Connection details →	3h 11m	8h 50m	97%	93%
Southwest WN 2340 OMA 06:00 → LAS United UA 1315 LAS 09:37 → DEN Connection details →	2h 47m	7h 41m	100%	93%
Delta DL 3864 OMA 06:15 → MSP United UA 2232 MSP 11:34 → DEN Connection details →	3h 59m	7h 30m	97%	90%

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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