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Route Reliability

Phoenix → Omaha

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

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
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 Airlines82%791 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines76%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.

PHX–OMA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 68% between 3–6 PM.

Wednesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 82% on time on Wednesdays against 76% on Sundays.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 76%.

Recent months have been rougher.

PHX–OMA flights arrived on time 75% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(296 flights)
  • Tue80%(269 flights)
  • Wed82%(273 flights)
  • Thu77%(300 flights)
  • Fri77%(301 flights)
  • Sat77%(256 flights)
  • Sun76%(299 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(317 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(473 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(309 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(285 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(602 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(8 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 76% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%151
July 202572%150
August 202584%142
September 202579%137
October 202572%165
November 202574%172
December 202583%184
January 202684%179
February 202688%162
March 202672%183
April 202681%185
May 202673%184

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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.