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 7% of the time at 11 am and 1 time in 3 at 9 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	SLC	OMA	2h 21m	90%	0.1%	755	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 1 h ahead of Salt Lake City). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	SLC 05:15 → DEN 06:54UA 5683 · flown by SkyWest	1h 11m Denver	DEN 08:05 → OMA 10:46UA 5443 · flown by SkyWest	4h 31m	96%	93%
Southwest Details →	SLC 06:25 → LAS 06:50WN 4205	55m Las Vegas	LAS 07:45 → OMA 12:25WN 2294	5h 00m	100%	88%
Alaska Details →	SLC 06:23 → SEA 07:35AS 1444	1h 28m Seattle	SEA 09:03 → OMA 14:16AS 312	6h 53m	97%	85%
United Details →	SLC 07:00 → DEN 08:42UA 1232	1h 27m Denver	DEN 10:09 → OMA 12:42UA 361	4h 42m	98%	82%
United Details →	SLC 08:30 → DEN 10:27UA 5642 · flown by SkyWest	3h 23m Denver	DEN 13:50 → OMA 16:24UA 2327	6h 54m	98%	82%
United Details →	SLC 06:45 → IAH 10:57UA 2366	58m Houston	IAH 11:55 → OMA 14:11UA 6188 · flown by Mesa	6h 26m	93%	81%
Southwest Details →	SLC 05:42 → DEN 07:08WN 3737	2h 47m Denver	DEN 09:55 → OMA 12:30WN 748	5h 48m	100%	79%
Delta Details →	SLC 06:00 → DTW 11:23DL 2289	52m Detroit	DTW 12:15 → OMA 13:25DL 3762 · flown by SkyWest	6h 25m	91%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	SLC 17:21 → MSP 20:54DL 2935	46m Minneapolis	MSP 21:40 → OMA 23:00DL 4014 · flown by SkyWest	4h 39m	67%	45%
United Details →	SLC 16:18 → ORD 20:40UA 2072	50m Chicago	ORD 21:30 → OMA 23:14UA 1625	5h 56m	51%	24%
American Details →	SLC 16:42 → DFW 20:30AA 2594	1h 00m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 21:30 → OMA 23:22AA 2628	5h 40m	41%	19%

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

LAS · 55m · leaves 06:25 0%

DEN · 1h 11m · leaves 05:15 4%

IAH · 58m · leaves 06:45 7%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 50m · leaves 16:18 49%

DEN · 1h 05m · leaves 16:45 53%

DFW · 1h 00m · leaves 16:42 59%

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 3737 SLC 05:42 → DEN United UA 361 DEN 10:09 → OMA Connection details →	3h 01m	6h 00m	100%	83%
Frontier F9 3862 SLC 08:16 → DEN United UA 2327 DEN 13:50 → OMA Connection details →	3h 49m	7h 08m	99%	82%
United UA 5683 SLC 05:15 → DEN Southwest WN 748 DEN 09:55 → OMA Connection details →	3h 01m	6h 15m	98%	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