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 3% of the time at 9 am and 37% of the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops


American	PHX	OMA	2h 42m	82%	0.3%	788	Flying now
Southwest	PHX	OMA	2h 30m	75%	0.6%	1,214	Flying now
Frontier	PHX	OMA	–	100%few flights	0.0%	3	Not 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 (Omaha is 2 h ahead of Phoenix). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	PHX 09:45 → SLC 12:23DL 1447	1h 07m Salt Lake City	SLC 13:30 → OMA 16:52DL 3896 · flown by SkyWest	5h 07m	97%	89%
Southwest Details →	PHX 05:45 → LAS 06:50WN 3281	55m Las Vegas	LAS 07:45 → OMA 12:25WN 2294	4h 40m	100%	85%
Delta Details →	PHX 06:00 → SLC 08:40DL 1535	55m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:35 → OMA 12:56DL 4114 · flown by SkyWest	4h 56m	97%	84%
Delta Details →	PHX 23:59 → ATL 06:39DL 929	1h 34m Atlanta	ATL 08:13 → OMA 09:36 +1DL 2632	7h 37m	95%	83%
American Details →	PHX 07:15 → LAX 08:50AA 1668	59m Los Angeles	LAX 09:49 → OMA 15:13AA 6278 · flown by SkyWest	5h 58m	88%	81%
United Details →	PHX 06:10 → IAH 10:52UA 1318	1h 03m Houston	IAH 11:55 → OMA 14:11UA 6188 · flown by Mesa	6h 01m	92%	81%
United Details →	PHX 06:00 → DEN 08:52UA 337	1h 17m Denver	DEN 10:09 → OMA 12:42UA 361	4h 42m	96%	81%
Southwest Details →	PHX 05:15 → DEN 08:00WN 3259	1h 55m Denver	DEN 09:55 → OMA 12:30WN 748	5h 15m	98%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	PHX 14:45 → ORD 20:27UA 1686	1h 03m Chicago	ORD 21:30 → OMA 23:14UA 1625	6h 29m	64%	31%
American Details →	PHX 15:30 → ORD 21:30AA 2786	1h 05m Chicago	ORD 22:35 → OMA 00:37 +1AA 3198	6h 42m	63%	26%
Southwest Details →	PHX 15:25 → DEN 18:10WN 3265	1h 10m Denver	DEN 19:20 → OMA 21:55WN 1659	4h 25m	45%	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

SLC · 55m · leaves 06:00 3%

DEN · 1h 17m · leaves 06:00 4%

IAH · 1h 03m · leaves 06:10 8%

Afternoon and evening

SEA · 1h 04m · leaves 14:37 22%

ORD · 1h 05m · leaves 15:30 37%

DEN · 1h 10m · leaves 15:25 55%

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 3339 PHX 07:45 → SLC Delta DL 3896 SLC 13:30 → OMA Connection details →	3h 05m	7h 07m	100%	94%
Delta DL 4057 PHX 06:00 → LAX American AA 6278 LAX 09:49 → OMA Connection details →	2h 14m	7h 13m	100%	93%
Southwest WN 3261 PHX 08:50 → DEN United UA 2327 DEN 13:50 → OMA Connection details →	2h 15m	5h 34m	100%	83%

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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