Omaha (OMA) – Chicago (ORD)
- Distance
- 670 km
- 416 mi · 362 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 49 min / 1 h 40 min
- Average gate to gate: OMA → ORD / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 84 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (50 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 519,525
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +6.3%
- Flights / week
- 116
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 77%
- 678,582 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 7
- UA, MQ, AA
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 OMA
- 81°
- Heading from ORD
- 266°
- Halfway point
- 41.71, -91.92
- Great-circle km
- 668 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air OMA → ORD
- 1 h 8 min
- In the air ORD → OMA
- 1 h 7 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 | 44,387 |
| Sep 2025 | 46,847 |
| Oct 2025 | 48,895 |
| Nov 2025 | 37,425 |
| Dec 2025 | 34,618 |
| Jan 2026 | 29,995 |
| Feb 2026 | 32,282 |
| Mar 2026 | 40,727 |
| Apr 2026 | 42,425 |
| May 2026 | 53,805 |
| Jun 2026 | 56,551 |
| Jul 2026 | 51,568 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 505 |
| Sep 2025 | 489 |
| Oct 2025 | 532 |
| Nov 2025 | 460 |
| Dec 2025 | 434 |
| Jan 2026 | 418 |
| Feb 2026 | 419 |
| Mar 2026 | 493 |
| Apr 2026 | 573 |
| May 2026 | 572 |
| Jun 2026 | 555 |
| Jul 2026 | 577 |
Airlines flying OMA–ORD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 52 | 60% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 31 | 17% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 10 | 10% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 15 | 9% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 7.3 | 4% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 0.3 | 0% |
| G7GoJet Airlines | 0.2 | 0% |
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
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 1,609 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 984 flights
- Embraer-Emb-170 · 953 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 715 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 626 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 360 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 317 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 133 flights
Also carried: 32 tonnes of freight and 2 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 72.9%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 21 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.7%
- Flights counted
- 6,123
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 73.3% | 22 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 77.2% | 15 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 67.9% | 27 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 65.2% | 27 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 73% | 21 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 21% · aircraft arriving late 42% · air traffic system 30% · weather 7% · 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
- $250
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $230
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 68% of passengers · $253
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 31% of passengers · $242
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $239 · Q3 2025 $210 · Q4 2025 $228 · Q1 2026 $250).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $255, likely $221–$291
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 95% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5.5%). 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 3% 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: 668 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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| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| ORD → LGA | 1,180 km | 2,736,902 |
| ORD → LAX | 2,808 km | 2,332,419 |
| ORD → SFO | 2,971 km | 1,976,484 |
| ORD → DEN | 1,430 km | 1,974,190 |
| ORD → MCO | 1,617 km | 1,924,694 |
| ORD → DFW | 1,290 km | 1,916,312 |
| ORD → BOS | 1,395 km | 1,886,038 |
| ORD → EWR | 1,157 km | 1,731,402 |
| ORD → IAH | 1,489 km | 1,711,056 |
| ORD → PHX | 2,317 km | 1,706,053 |