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Route Reliability

Omaha → Denver

OMADEN · 472 miles · Eppley Airfield to Denver International Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
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 Airlines82%1,655 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines73%1,415 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines67%197 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

OMA–DEN flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 61% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

OMA–DEN flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Saturdays. On Thursdays: 72%.

United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

United Airlines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 67%.

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
  • Mon77%(479 flights)
  • Tue76%(441 flights)
  • Wed80%(436 flights)
  • Thu72%(494 flights)
  • Fri75%(481 flights)
  • Sat83%(391 flights)
  • Sun79%(517 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM93%(70 flights)
  • 6–9 AM92%(650 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(761 flights)
  • 12–3 PM84%(617 flights)
  • 3–6 PM61%(573 flights)
  • 6–9 PM62%(474 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM62%(94 flights)
On-time trend by month
76%
May

Jun 65% → May 76% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202565%299
July 202569%307
August 202571%294
September 202579%283
October 202583%287
November 202587%267
December 202573%259
January 202686%232
February 202682%223
March 202677%249
April 202681%251
May 202676%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.