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 6% of the time at 10 am and 2 times in 5 at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	OMA	PHL	2h 56m	80%	2.7%	330	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	OMA 05:25 → MDW 06:50WN 4504	2h 10m Chicago	MDW 09:00 → PHL 11:55WN 4901	5h 30m	100%	96%
United Details →	OMA 06:00 → DEN 06:49UA 1442	2h 46m Denver	DEN 09:35 → PHL 15:12UA 1575	8h 12m	99%	87%
Southwest Details →	OMA 07:55 → STL 09:10WN 3139	50m St Louis	STL 10:00 → PHL 13:10WN 3222	4h 15m	95%	84%
Delta Details →	OMA 06:15 → MSP 07:35DL 3864 · flown by SkyWest	3h 34m Minneapolis	MSP 11:09 → PHL 14:43DL 2679	7h 27m	98%	83%
American Details →	OMA 05:20 → DFW 07:20AA 2540	1h 20m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 08:40 → PHL 13:02AA 2128	6h 42m	95%	81%
Delta Details →	OMA 05:46 → ATL 08:59DL 1136	2h 22m Atlanta	ATL 11:21 → PHL 13:24DL 2279	6h 40m	97%	80%
United Details →	OMA 06:00 → ORD 07:51UA 2427	3h 42m Chicago	ORD 11:33 → PHL 14:47UA 2182	7h 47m	100%	77%
American Details →	OMA 06:20 → CLT 09:58AA 1042	3h 04m Charlotte	CLT 13:02 → PHL 14:50AA 2573	7h 30m	99%	73%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	OMA 18:40 → ORD 20:34UA 1476	1h 11m Chicago	ORD 21:45 → PHL 00:57 +1UA 1744	5h 17m	71%	47%
United Details →	OMA 15:13 → ORD 17:05UA 739	54m Chicago	ORD 17:59 → PHL 21:19UA 1776	5h 06m	60%	35%
American Details →	OMA 16:58 → DFW 19:05AA 2229	1h 14m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:19 → PHL 00:35 +1AA 2542	6h 37m	56%	28%

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

STL · 50m · leaves 07:55 5%

DFW · 1h 20m · leaves 05:20 5%

ATL · 1h 05m · leaves 07:01 6%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 54m · leaves 15:13 40%

DFW · 1h 14m · leaves 16:58 44%

MDW · 1h 05m · leaves 16:25 49%

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.


Delta DL 1136 OMA 05:46 → ATL American AA 4338 ATL 12:25 → PHL Connection details →	3h 26m	7h 50m	97%	90%
Southwest WN 3139 OMA 07:55 → STL American AA 2720 STL 11:16 → PHL Connection details →	2h 06m	5h 40m	98%	88%
Southwest WN 3127 OMA 06:15 → DEN United UA 1575 DEN 09:35 → PHL Connection details →	2h 45m	7h 57m	98%	85%

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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