Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → Omaha
DFW → OMA
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Omaha operates with a fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 67%. Over the course of the year, it records an average delay of 17.6 minutes per flight, based on a total of 354 flights. The destination airport serves approximately 4,506,713 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 Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Omaha (OMA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 474 flights monitored in recent months, 66% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.90%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 29.4/100 (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 Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Omaha: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Omaha (OMA) heads north for about 940 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 36m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 48% of DFW-OMA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Omaha it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 474 tracked DFW-OMA flights, 66% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 1.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about DFW-OMA
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> Omaha (OMA) route, on-time performance is 66% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 474 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-Omaha is 1.90% across 474 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
