Flights Omaha → Charlotte
OMA → CLT
Route overview
The flight route from Omaha to Charlotte operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 84%. Over the course of 257 flights, the average delay is just 7.5 minutes, and each journey is conducted using Canadair Regional Jet 900 aircraft. The destination airport in Charlotte serves a substantial number of passengers annually, with over 47 million travelers passing through it each year.
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 Omaha (OMA) → Charlotte (CLT) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 319 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.25%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Omaha the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Charlotte: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Omaha (OMA) to Charlotte (CLT) heads south-east for about 1,468 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 15m.
Departures from Omaha on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 39% of OMA-CLT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Omaha the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charlotte it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 319 tracked OMA-CLT flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 1.3% 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 OMA-CLT
On the Omaha (OMA) -> Charlotte (CLT) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 319 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Omaha-Charlotte is 1.25% across 319 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.
