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 8 am and 1 time in 5 at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Alaska	SEA	OMA	3h 17m	84%	0.0%	510	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 Seattle). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	SEA 07:15 → SLC 10:23DL 2858	3h 07m Salt Lake City	SLC 13:30 → OMA 16:52DL 3896 · flown by SkyWest	7h 37m	99%	92%
Delta Details →	SEA 23:59 → MSP 05:17DL 953	3h 33m Minneapolis	MSP 08:50 → OMA 10:16 +1DL 3831 · flown by SkyWest	8h 17m	100%	88%
Delta Details →	SEA 21:45 → ATL 05:36DL 567	2h 37m Atlanta	ATL 08:13 → OMA 09:36 +1DL 2632	9h 51m	98%	85%
American Details →	SEA 23:56 → ORD 06:02AA 2881	3h 28m Chicago	ORD 09:30 → OMA 11:18 +1AA 3739 · flown by Envoy	9h 22m	99%	85%
United Details →	SEA 23:11 → ORD 05:18UA 747	3h 22m Chicago	ORD 08:40 → OMA 10:27 +1UA 1778	9h 16m	98%	84%
United Details →	SEA 05:00 → DEN 08:43UA 2601	1h 26m Denver	DEN 10:09 → OMA 12:42UA 361	5h 42m	99%	83%
Delta Details →	SEA 13:30 → SLC 16:40DL 1120	3h 55m Salt Lake City	SLC 20:35 → OMA 23:58DL 3706 · flown by SkyWest	8h 27m	98%	82%
Delta Details →	SEA 05:30 → SLC 08:30DL 1128	1h 05m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:35 → OMA 12:56DL 4114 · flown by SkyWest	5h 26m	95%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	SEA 11:02 → DEN 14:51UA 757	47m Denver	DEN 15:38 → OMA 18:19UA 5251 · flown by SkyWest	5h 17m	74%	54%
Delta Details →	SEA 12:05 → MSP 17:37DL 941	48m Minneapolis	MSP 18:25 → OMA 19:48DL 4024 · flown by SkyWest	5h 43m	71%	49%
United Details →	SEA 13:55 → ORD 20:21UA 2101	1h 09m Chicago	ORD 21:30 → OMA 23:14UA 1625	7h 19m	74%	36%

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

DEN · 1h 10m · leaves 07:50 2%

SLC · 1h 05m · leaves 05:30 5%

Afternoon and evening

PHX · 49m · leaves 15:20 40%

SFO · 58m · leaves 15:33 45%

DEN · 1h 00m · leaves 14:35 86%

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.


Alaska AS 292 SEA 07:18 → SLC Delta DL 3896 SLC 13:30 → OMA Connection details →	3h 03m	7h 34m	96%	91%
Alaska AS 328 SEA 00:17 → ORD American AA 3739 ORD 09:30 → OMA Connection details →	3h 10m	9h 01m	99%	87%
Southwest WN 3397 SEA 07:50 → DEN United UA 2327 DEN 13:50 → OMA Connection details →	2h 25m	6h 34m	98%	81%

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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