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 9 am and 45% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	SFO	OMA	3h 31m	72%	0.8%	369	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

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 San Francisco). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	SFO 06:05 → LAX 07:35WN 2222	2h 14m Los Angeles	LAX 09:49 → OMA 15:13AA 6278 · flown by SkyWest	7h 08m	100%	93%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	SFO 23:30 → ORD 05:57UA 368	3h 33m Chicago	ORD 09:30 → OMA 11:18 +1AA 3739 · flown by Envoy	9h 48m	100%	87%
United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	SFO 08:40 → SLC 11:49UA 5605 · flown by SkyWest	1h 41m Salt Lake City	SLC 13:30 → OMA 16:52DL 3896 · flown by SkyWest	6h 12m	92%	87%
Delta Details →	SFO 00:35 → MSP 06:09DL 2789	2h 41m Minneapolis	MSP 08:50 → OMA 10:16DL 3831 · flown by SkyWest	7h 41m	98%	87%
United Details →	SFO 05:00 → IAH 10:55UA 2168	1h 00m Houston	IAH 11:55 → OMA 14:11UA 6188 · flown by Mesa	7h 11m	97%	85%
Southwest Details →	SFO 05:00 → LAS 06:35WN 4231	1h 10m Las Vegas	LAS 07:45 → OMA 12:25WN 2294	5h 25m	95%	84%
United Details →	SFO 22:38 → ORD 05:01UA 2278	3h 39m Chicago	ORD 08:40 → OMA 10:27 +1UA 1778	9h 49m	99%	83%
United Details →	SFO 05:00 → DEN 08:35UA 1479	1h 34m Denver	DEN 10:09 → OMA 12:42UA 361	5h 42m	99%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	SFO 13:20 → CLT 21:44AA 2562	57m Charlotte	CLT 22:41 → OMA 00:19 +1AA 961	8h 59m	70%	54%
American Details →	SFO 16:04 → LAX 17:45AA 6221 · flown by SkyWest	47m Los Angeles	LAX 18:32 → OMA 23:57AA 6224 · flown by SkyWest	5h 53m	33%	24%
American Details →	SFO 14:36 → ORD 21:26AA 2550	1h 09m Chicago	ORD 22:35 → OMA 00:37 +1AA 3198	7h 36m	41%	17%

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 00m · leaves 05:00 3%

DEN · 1h 15m · leaves 05:10 4%

SLC · 53m · leaves 05:50 5%

Afternoon and evening

LAX · 47m · leaves 16:04 67%

LAS · 55m · leaves 13:20 83%

DEN · 1h 10m · leaves 14:35 88%

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.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

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