Chicago (MDW) – Omaha (OMA)
- Distance
- 681 km
- 423 mi · 368 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 27 min / 1 h 21 min
- Average gate to gate: MDW → OMA / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 85 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (51 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 308,254
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −4.7%
- Flights / week
- 51
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 73%
- 423,575 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- WN
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from MDW
- 268°
- Heading from OMA
- 83°
- Halfway point
- 41.62, -91.84
- Great-circle km
- 679 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air MDW → OMA
- 1 h 7 min
- In the air OMA → MDW
- 1 h 5 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 30,090 |
| Sep 2025 | 29,672 |
| Oct 2025 | 29,749 |
| Nov 2025 | 21,246 |
| Dec 2025 | 24,611 |
| Jan 2026 | 16,847 |
| Feb 2026 | 15,056 |
| Mar 2026 | 24,158 |
| Apr 2026 | 24,390 |
| May 2026 | 27,634 |
| Jun 2026 | 32,476 |
| Jul 2026 | 32,325 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 250 |
| Sep 2025 | 238 |
| Oct 2025 | 246 |
| Nov 2025 | 220 |
| Dec 2025 | 240 |
| Jan 2026 | 185 |
| Feb 2026 | 159 |
| Mar 2026 | 207 |
| Apr 2026 | 210 |
| May 2026 | 213 |
| Jun 2026 | 229 |
| Jul 2026 | 234 |
Airlines flying MDW–OMA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 51 | 100% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,061 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 878 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 692 flights
Also carried: 124 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 12 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.2%
- Flights counted
- 2,653
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 28% · aircraft arriving late 50% · air traffic system 19% · weather 3% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $241
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $205
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $240
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $240
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $209 · Q3 2025 $183 · Q4 2025 $206 · Q1 2026 $241).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $240, likely $205–$278
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 8.8%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 4% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 679 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
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