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Airport · OME · Nome, Alaska

Nome, AK

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Nome, AK (OME) ranks #317 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Nome, AK posts top-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

85.8%
On-time
Top 25%
on-time, US airports
51 min
Delay when late
2.12%
Cancelled
#317 of 382
Corpus placement
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OME on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%85.8%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 18,690.

Late Aircraft 66.9% (12,509 min)
Carrier 14.6% (2,731 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 14.4% (2,690 min)
Weather 1.7% (309 min)
Security 2.4% (451 min)

OME - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: May (97.2%) · worst: December (87.8%)

85%90%95%100% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 87.8%

OME - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 95.5% 89.8% ▼ -6.0%

OME - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 10.3 min · taxi-in 3.7 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

8 min10 min12 min14 min Jan 24Dec 25 9.4 min 10.8 min ▲ +14.9%

OME's average taxi-out (10.3 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (February 2025, 12.2 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Nome, AK.

Cancellation Rate

2.12%

126 of 5,955 flights

Diversion Rate

0.37%

22 of 5,955 flights

Delay Rate

14.2%

848 of 5,955 flights

Top Routes from OME

Busiest routes to and from Nome, AK.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
ANC (Anchorage) → OME (Nome) 2,532 83.9% 539 mi
OME (Nome) → ANC (Anchorage) 1,394 86.8% 539 mi
OME (Nome) → OTZ (Kotzebue) 821 86% 183 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Nome, AK, both outside Alaska so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 85.8%).

Salt Lake City, UT

Salt Lake City, UT

85.8% on-time 1,319,985 flights

Bellingham, WA

Bellingham, WA

85.8% on-time 29,229 flights

Flagstaff, AZ

Flagstaff, AZ

85.8% on-time 22,330 flights

Rochester, MN

Rochester, MN

85.8% on-time 20,848 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 5,955).

Kearney, NE

Kearney, NE

5,971 flights 85.8% on-time

Mason City, IA

Mason City, IA

5,851 flights 83.4% on-time

Fort Dodge, IA

Fort Dodge, IA

5,848 flights 83.4% on-time

Ithaca/Cortland, NY

Ithaca/Cortland, NY

6,186 flights 87.6% on-time

Other Airports in Alaska

Compare performance with other Alaska airports.

ANC 82.6%

Anchorage, AK

Anchorage · 214,443 flights
JNU 85.3%

Juneau, AK

Juneau · 52,533 flights
FAI 83.1%

Fairbanks, AK

Fairbanks · 44,233 flights
KTN 84.3%

Ketchikan, AK

Ketchikan · 27,238 flights
SIT 82.7%

Sitka, AK

Sitka · 14,900 flights
ADQ 87%

Kodiak, AK

Kodiak · 9,654 flights
PSG 85.4%

Petersburg, AK

Petersburg · 8,696 flights
WRG 84.9%

Wrangell, AK

Wrangell · 8,696 flights

OME delay-share reading

The standout signal at Nome, AK is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 66.9% of 18,690 delay minutes across 5,955 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 85.8% (6.8 pts above the 79% national average), with 848 delayed and 126 cancelled (2.12%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (66.9% late-aircraft, 14.6% carrier, 14.4% NAS, 1.7% weather, 2.4% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, OME is strongest in May (97.2% on-time) and weakest in December (87.8%), a 9.4-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~94 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ANC (Anchorage) at 83.9% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Alaska: Alaska flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using OME's data

OME's on-time book is stronger than most peers; the remaining risk sits in the delay mix, not a weak headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from OME before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in May rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 10.3 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.