Flights Chicago → Omaha
ORD → OMA
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Omaha has a punctuality rate of 76%, with an average delay of 14.9 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 756 flights on this route using various aircraft models including Embraer and Boeing planes. The destination airport in Omaha serves over 4.5 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Chicago (ORD) → Omaha (OMA) route is operated by American Airlines, United Airlines. Across 929 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.52%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Omaha the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Omaha: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to Omaha (OMA) heads west for about 668 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 15m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 39% of ORD-OMA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Omaha it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 929 tracked ORD-OMA flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 4.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about ORD-OMA
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Omaha (OMA) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 929 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Omaha is 4.52% across 929 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, United Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
