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| IATA: OMA – ICAO: KOMA – FAA LID: OMA
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Omaha Airport Authority | ||
| Serves | Greater Omaha, Nebraska | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 983 ft / 300 m | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 14R/32L | 9,502 | 2,896 | Asphalt/Concrete |
| 14L/32R | 8,500 | 2,591 | Concrete |
| 18/36 | 8,153 | 2,485 | Asphalt/Concrete |
| Statistics (2009, 2010) | |||
| Passengers (2010) | 4,287,428 | ||
| Aircraft operations (2009) | 111,155 | ||
| Cargo in pounds (2009) | 102,149,802 | ||
| Mail in pounds (2009) | 54,305,909 | ||
| Sources: FAA[1] and airport web site[2] | |||
Eppley Airfield (IATA: OMA, ICAO: KOMA, FAA LID: OMA) is a medium hub airport three miles (5 km) northeast of the central business district of Omaha, a city in Douglas County, Nebraska, United States. It is the largest airport in Nebraska. In addition to the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area, Eppley Airfield serves eastern Nebraska, western Iowa, northern Kansas, Missouri, and South Dakota.
The airport is named for Eugene C. Eppley, the Omaha Eppley Hotel magnate, from whose estate $1 million was used to convert the Omaha Municipal Airport into a jet port in 1959/1960.[3]
The airport occupies 2,650 acres (1,070 ha) and handles about 397 commercial flights a week. The terminal building has two concourses with 20 gates. Midwest Airlines established a focus city at Eppley Airfield, which has expanded since that airline's merger with Frontier Airlines. As of November 2011, all regularly scheduled flights from Eppley Airfield terminate within the United States. The airport handled more than 4.2 million passengers in 2010. Southwest Airlines is the largest carrier, handling about 27 percent of passengers; United Airlines is the second-largest carrier, handling about 24 percent of passengers.[2] The airport is served by MAT bus #16.
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The airport is northeast of downtown Omaha in east Omaha. Although the airport is in Nebraska on the west side of the Missouri River, it is surrounded on the east, west and south by the state of Iowa: the Missouri River formerly formed an oxbow west of the land that became Eppley Airfield. The river cut off the oxbow during an 1877 flood, leaving behind Carter Lake on a portion of its former course; the Supreme Court ruled in 1893 that though the land cut off by the river's changed route now lay west of the Missouri, it remained part of Iowa. This land eventually became the city of Carter Lake, Iowa.
The April 1957 OAG shows 42 scheduled airline departures a day: 23 United and 19 Braniff.
On August 6, 1966, Braniff Airways Flight 250 left Kansas City Downtown Airport headed for Eppley and crashed near Falls City, Nebraska, killing all 42 on board. The flight was waiting for weather to clear in Omaha before descending when violent turbulence compromised the structural integrity of the plane.
Several films have used Eppley for a few scenes including the 2002 feature film About Schmidt which included scenes filmed inside and outside the terminal building, and the 2009 feature film Up in the Air which made use of the south end of the terminal building during filming.
Eppley Airfield has two passenger concourses: Concourse A (gates A1-A10) and Concourse B (gates B11-B20).
| Airlines | Destinations | Concourse |
|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | Dallas/Fort Worth | A |
| American Eagle | Chicago-O'Hare | A |
| Delta Air Lines | Atlanta, Minneapolis/St. Paul | A |
| Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines | Atlanta, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul | A |
| Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines | Memphis | A |
| Delta Connection operated by Comair | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, New York-LaGuardia | A |
| Delta Connection operated by Compass Airlines | Atlanta, Minneapolis/St. Paul | A |
| Delta Connection operated by Mesaba Airlines | Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Salt Lake City | A |
| Delta Connection operated by Pinnacle Airlines | Atlanta, Detroit | A |
| Delta Connection operated by Shuttle America | Detroit | A |
| Delta Connection operated by SkyWest Airlines | Minneapolis/St. Paul, Salt Lake City | A |
| Frontier Airlines | Denver | A |
| Frontier Airlines operated by Republic Airlines | Denver, Los Angeles [begins February 14, 2012], Washington-National Seasonal: Orlando, Tampa |
A |
| Frontier Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines | Milwaukee | A |
| Southwest Airlines | Chicago-Midway, Denver, Las Vegas, Phoenix, St. Louis Seasonal: Orlando |
B |
| United Airlines | Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Houston-Intercontinental | B |
| United Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines | Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Houston-Intercontinental, Newark | B |
| United Express operated by GoJet Airlines | Chicago-O'Hare, Denver | B |
| United Express operated by Shuttle America | Chicago-O'Hare, Denver | B |
| United Express operated by SkyWest Airlines | Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Houston-Intercontinental | B |
| US Airways | Phoenix | B |
| US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines | Phoenix | B |
| US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines | Charlotte [begins March 25, 2012] | B |
| US Airways Express operated by Republic Airlines | Washington-National [begins March 25, 2012] | B |
| Rank | City | Passengers | Carriers |
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| 1 | Denver, CO | 368,000 | Frontier, Southwest, United |
| 2 | Chicago, IL (ORD) | 208,000 | American, United |
| 3 | Dallas/Fort Worth, TX | 174,000 | American |
| 4 | Chicago, IL (MDW) | 169,000 | Southwest |
| 5 | Phoenix, AZ | 165,000 | Southwest, US Airways |
| 6 | Minneapolis, MN | 139,000 | Delta |
| 7 | Atlanta, GA | 117,000 | Delta |
| 8 | Houston, TX | 102,000 | United |
| 9 | Las Vegas, NV | 99,000 | Southwest |
| 10 | St. Louis, MO | 89,000 | Southwest |
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