Flights Salt Lake City → Omaha
SLC → OMA
How long is the flight from Salt Lake City to Omaha?
The flight from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Omaha (OMA) takes 1h 41m on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to Omaha operates with a high on-time performance rate of 90%, with an average delay of just 3.2 minutes across the total of 178 flights recorded. The aircraft used for this route include Canadair Regional Jet 700 and Embraer 175, serving a busy destination airport that sees over four 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 Salt Lake City (SLC) → Omaha (OMA) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 492 flights monitored in recent months, 89% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 5 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.20%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Omaha the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Omaha: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Omaha (OMA) heads east for about 1,348 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 41m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 49% of SLC-OMA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Omaha it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 492 tracked SLC-OMA flights, 89% left on time with an average delay of 5 min and a 0.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 85% | 1 min | 0.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about SLC-OMA
The flight from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Omaha (OMA) takes 1h 41m on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Omaha (OMA) route, on-time performance is 89% with an average delay of 5 minutes, based on 492 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Omaha is 0.20% across 492 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
