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Route Reliability

Omaha → Phoenix

OMA–PHX · 1,037 miles · Eppley Airfield to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

89
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
2,009
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines86%791 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines82%1,215 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (3 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

OMA–PHX flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 64% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Wednesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 86% on time on Wednesdays against 80% on Sundays.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 86% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 82%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon84%(303 flights)
  • Tue82%(265 flights)
  • Wed86%(271 flights)
  • Thu83%(299 flights)
  • Fri86%(301 flights)
  • Sat85%(258 flights)
  • Sun80%(298 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM89%(187 flights)
  • 6–9 AM94%(530 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(128 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(492 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(259 flights)
  • 6–9 PM73%(360 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM64%(39 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 84% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202584%152
July 202579%151
August 202584%141
September 202590%136
October 202584%164
November 202576%172
December 202580%184
January 202682%180
February 202688%162
March 202684%183
April 202691%185
May 202683%185

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Based on 2,009 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.