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Route Reliability

Chicago → Omaha

MDW–OMA · 423 miles · Chicago Midway International Airport to Eppley Airfield

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
1,383
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 77% of the time across 1,383 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MDW–OMA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 59% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Saturday is the weak spot.

MDW–OMA flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Wednesdays. On Saturdays: 72%.

Slipping a little lately.

MDW–OMA flights arrived on time 70% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(205 flights)
  • Tue80%(193 flights)
  • Wed85%(195 flights)
  • Thu80%(203 flights)
  • Fri74%(206 flights)
  • Sat72%(146 flights)
  • Sun73%(218 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM88%(282 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(218 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(245 flights)
  • 3–6 PM77%(145 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(270 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM59%(206 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 75% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%141
July 202570%145
August 202582%124
September 202587%119
October 202587%123
November 202586%110
December 202571%120
January 202676%92
February 202681%80
March 202667%103
April 202667%103
May 202677%106

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Based on 1,383 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.