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Route Reliability

Omaha → Los Angeles

OMA–LAX · 1,330 miles · Eppley Airfield to Los Angeles International Airport

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
544
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines86% on time · 524 flights
  • Allegiant Air90% on time · 20 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

OMA–LAX flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 79% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

OMA–LAX flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Thursdays. On Mondays: 77%.

Ticking up lately.

OMA–LAX flights arrived on time 91% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% in the three months before that.

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%(77 flights)
  • Tue87%(68 flights)
  • Wed90%(77 flights)
  • Thu90%(71 flights)
  • Fri88%(81 flights)
  • Sat87%(86 flights)
  • Sun85%(79 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM85%(178 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(5 flights)
  • 12–3 PM94%(16 flights)
  • 3–6 PM91%(197 flights)
  • 6–9 PM79%(143 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 87% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202587%38
July 202569%39
August 202591%34
September 202583%30
October 202579%43
November 202592%59
December 202588%60
January 202676%53
February 202694%50
March 202689%54
April 202694%36
May 202688%43

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Based on 544 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.