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Route Reliability

San Francisco → Omaha

SFO–OMA · 1,433 miles · San Francisco International Airport to Eppley Airfield

76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
369
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 73% of the time across 369 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 3–6 PM departure wins.

SFO–OMA flights departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 75% of the time, versus 36% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

SFO–OMA flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Tuesdays and just 62% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Recent months have been rougher.

SFO–OMA flights arrived on time 63% 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
  • Mon78%(50 flights)
  • Tue81%(52 flights)
  • Wed79%(52 flights)
  • Thu68%(53 flights)
  • Fri62%(52 flights)
  • Sat78%(51 flights)
  • Sun69%(54 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM—(1 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(5 flights)
  • 12–3 PM71%(14 flights)
  • 3–6 PM75%(332 flights)
  • 6–9 PM36%(11 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
52%
May

Jun 70% → May 52% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%30
July 202587%31
August 202587%31
September 202583%30
October 202571%31
November 202566%29
December 202574%31
January 202693%30
February 202661%28
March 202680%30
April 202657%30
May 202652%33

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Based on 369 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.