PHX to OMA flight delays
Phoenix, AZ (PHX) Omaha, NE (OMA) · 1,037 miles
2,006 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
77.4%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.55%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
55 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
14 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. SkyWest Airlines arrived on time 12 points more often than Southwest Airlines over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The Phoenix to Omaha route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on PHX to OMA. Southwest Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in July.
Every airline on PHX to OMA
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 1,214 | 74.5% | 0.66% | 53 min | C |
| Envoy Air | 272 | 84.13% | 0.37% | 47 min | B |
| American Airlines | 265 | 74.81% | 0.38% | 60 min | C |
| SkyWest Airlines | 252 | 86.45% | 0.4% | 78 min | A |
| Frontier Airlines | 3 | 100% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
OMA to PHX Omaha back to Phoenix 81.79% on time BOther routes from Phoenix
Common questions
Are flights from Phoenix to Omaha usually delayed?
77.4% of flights on the PHX to OMA route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Phoenix to Omaha?
SkyWest Airlines, at 86.45% on time across 252 flights. The least punctual on the route was Southwest Airlines at 74.5%.
How often are PHX to OMA flights cancelled?
0.55% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 6 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Phoenix to Omaha?
February, when 86.4% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July at 71.3%.
When PHX to OMA flights are late, how late are they?
About 55 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on PHX to OMA during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →