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Route Reliability

New York → Omaha

LGAOMA · 1,148 miles · LaGuardia Airport to Eppley Airfield

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
7.3%
Cancelled
1,146
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines75%920 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines73%151 flights

Not enough history to rank: Southwest Airlines (75 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

LGA–OMA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 63% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LGA–OMA flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 70%.

Not much between Delta Air Lines and American Airlines.

On this route they all land within 73% to 75% on time. Pick on schedule and price.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 7.3% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

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
  • Mon73%(167 flights)
  • Tue81%(169 flights)
  • Wed80%(169 flights)
  • Thu70%(167 flights)
  • Fri72%(161 flights)
  • Sat74%(69 flights)
  • Sun70%(157 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(87 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(223 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(379 flights)
  • 3–6 PM63%(27 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(343 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 59% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202559%118
July 202570%113
August 202587%130
September 202592%83
October 202576%82
November 202566%74
December 202554%69
January 202694%51
February 202689%47
March 202670%83
April 202672%105
May 202674%104

Based on 1,146 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.