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Route Reliability

Denver → Omaha

DENOMA · 472 miles · Denver International Airport to Eppley Airfield

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
3,267
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines80%1,655 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines74%1,415 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines70%197 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DEN–OMA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 51% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

DEN–OMA flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Saturdays. On Thursdays: 72%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 70%.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(480 flights)
  • Tue79%(442 flights)
  • Wed79%(436 flights)
  • Thu72%(497 flights)
  • Fri73%(484 flights)
  • Sat82%(394 flights)
  • Sun76%(515 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM92%(397 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(612 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(760 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(767 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(563 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM51%(149 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 63% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%299
July 202563%311
August 202569%294
September 202581%284
October 202585%288
November 202589%269
December 202573%259
January 202684%232
February 202686%222
March 202677%250
April 202684%252
May 202674%288

Based on 3,267 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.