Flights St. Louis → Omaha
STL → OMA
How long is the flight from St. Louis to Omaha?
The flight from St. Louis (STL) to Omaha (OMA) takes about 1h 6m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
Route overview
The flight route from St. Louis to Omaha operates with a Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 73%, with average delays of 13.1 minutes per flight. With a total of 180 flights annually, the destination airport serves over four million passengers yearly, indicating significant traffic and connectivity.
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 St. Louis (STL) → Omaha (OMA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 449 flights monitored in recent months, 69% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.34%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.7/100 (low), 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 St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Omaha: what to expect in this direction
Flying from St. Louis (STL) to Omaha (OMA) heads north-west for about 549 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 6m.
Departures from St. Louis on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 47% of STL-OMA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Omaha it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 449 tracked STL-OMA flights, 69% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 1.3% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 75% | 5 min | 0.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about STL-OMA
The flight from St. Louis (STL) to Omaha (OMA) takes about 1h 6m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
On the St. Louis (STL) -> Omaha (OMA) route, on-time performance is 69% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 449 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on St. Louis-Omaha is 1.34% across 449 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest 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.
