Omaha (OMA) – Phoenix (PHX)
- Distance
- 1,669 km
- 1,037 mi · 901 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 46 min / 2 h 31 min
- Average gate to gate: OMA → PHX / back
- Time difference
- 1 h / 2 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 210 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (124 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 412,577
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −8.0%
- Flights / week
- 77
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 77%
- 539,131 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- WN, AA, MQ
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
- 244°
- Heading from PHX
- 54°
- Halfway point
- 37.65, -104.37
- Great-circle km
- 1,667 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air OMA → PHX
- 2 h 26 min
- In the air PHX → OMA
- 2 h 9 min
- Clocks
- 1 h in January, 2 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 28,522 |
| Sep 2025 | 29,048 |
| Oct 2025 | 36,370 |
| Nov 2025 | 32,924 |
| Dec 2025 | 37,441 |
| Jan 2026 | 34,800 |
| Feb 2026 | 34,834 |
| Mar 2026 | 42,080 |
| Apr 2026 | 33,020 |
| May 2026 | 37,239 |
| Jun 2026 | 35,107 |
| Jul 2026 | 31,192 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 284 |
| Sep 2025 | 273 |
| Oct 2025 | 329 |
| Nov 2025 | 344 |
| Dec 2025 | 368 |
| Jan 2026 | 361 |
| Feb 2026 | 324 |
| Mar 2026 | 369 |
| Apr 2026 | 370 |
| May 2026 | 372 |
| Jun 2026 | 299 |
| Jul 2026 | 306 |
Airlines flying OMA–PHX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 46 | 72% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 9.1 | 11% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 10 | 8% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 11 | 8% |
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 B737 Max 800 · 993 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 890 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 794 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 634 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 441 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 183 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 33 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 20 flights
Also carried: 54 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 79.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.5%
- Flights counted
- 4,011
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 76.6% | 14 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 83.5% | 15 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 87.1% | 11 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 79.1% | 17 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 36% · aircraft arriving late 50% · air traffic system 12% · weather 1% · 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
- $293
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $244
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 71% of passengers · $287
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 71% of passengers · $287
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $230 · Q3 2025 $202 · Q4 2025 $234 · Q1 2026 $293).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $299, likely $259–$341
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 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5.1%). 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: 1,667 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.