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 15% of the time at 9 am and barely half the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops


American	ORD	OMA	1h 43m	72%	3.2%	1,294	Flying now
United	ORD	OMA	1h 44m	71%	1.9%	1,772	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	ORD 05:00 → DEN 06:42UA 2666	1h 23m Denver	DEN 08:05 → OMA 10:46UA 5443 · flown by SkyWest	5h 46m	99%	96%
United Details →	ORD 06:29 → IAH 09:18UA 1799	2h 37m Houston	IAH 11:55 → OMA 14:11UA 6188 · flown by Mesa	7h 42m	100%	89%
American Details →	ORD 05:00 → PHL 08:05AA 2970	2h 30m Philadelphia	PHL 10:35 → OMA 12:48AA 4455 · flown by Republic	7h 48m	94%	85%
United Details →	ORD 08:40 → DEN 10:31UA 526	3h 19m Denver	DEN 13:50 → OMA 16:24UA 2327	7h 44m	100%	83%
United Details →	ORD 06:00 → DEN 07:42UA 2806	2h 27m Denver	DEN 10:09 → OMA 12:42UA 361	6h 42m	100%	83%
Delta Details →	ORD 05:30 → ATL 08:33DL 1264	2h 53m Atlanta	ATL 11:26 → OMA 12:46DL 1125	7h 18m	98%	82%
American Details →	ORD 05:07 → CLT 08:10AA 2842	3h 10m Charlotte	CLT 11:20 → OMA 12:53AA 2225	7h 46m	98%	81%
Delta Details →	ORD 07:01 → DTW 09:30DL 2039	2h 45m Detroit	DTW 12:15 → OMA 13:25DL 3762 · flown by SkyWest	6h 24m	96%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	ORD 15:22 → ATL 18:36DL 1477	54m Atlanta	ATL 19:30 → OMA 20:54DL 2707	5h 32m	72%	55%
American Details →	ORD 15:21 → LAX 17:43AA 529	49m Los Angeles	LAX 18:32 → OMA 23:57AA 6224 · flown by SkyWest	8h 36m	49%	36%
American Details →	ORD 13:25 → DFW 15:59AA 1120	1h 07m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 17:06 → OMA 18:59AA 2232	5h 34m	51%	22%

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

IAH · 1h 19m · leaves 07:35 5%

DEN · 1h 14m · leaves 07:05 6%

DFW · 59m · leaves 06:04 15%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 47m · leaves 18:22 46%

DFW · 1h 07m · leaves 13:25 49%

LAX · 49m · leaves 15:21 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.


United UA 1344 ORD 07:20 → DTW Delta DL 3762 DTW 12:15 → OMA Connection details →	2h 23m	6h 05m	100%	85%
United UA 2666 ORD 05:00 → DEN Southwest WN 748 DEN 09:55 → OMA Connection details →	3h 13m	7h 30m	100%	80%
United UA 1972 ORD 08:55 → SLC Delta DL 3896 SLC 13:30 → OMA Connection details →	1h 51m	7h 57m	86%	80%

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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