Greater Omaha Economic Development Partnership

                                                                                             transportation

Air Transportation

Located just minutes from downtown, Greater Omaha’s Eppley Airfield is a major commercial airport providing service to more than 4.2 million passengers and 192 million pounds of cargo in 2006 alone. In addition, it offers the capacity for continued growth to meet increasing demands.

Greater Omaha is serviced by eight major airlines, thirteen regional airlines, seven airfreight carriers and two full-service general aviation facilities. Below is a list of nonstop flight and air carrier information for Eppley Airfield.
 

Nonstop Air Service From Greater Omaha

City

Air Carrier

Atlanta

Delta

Chicago

American

Southwest

United

Cincinnati

Delta

Cleveland

Continental

Dallas-Fort Worth

American

Denver

Frontier

United

Detroit

Northwest

Houston

Continental

Kansas City

USAirways

Las Vegas

Southwest

Los Angeles/Ontario

ExpressJet

Memphis

Northwest

Milwaukee

Midwest

Minneapolis

Northwest

New York/Newark

Continental

Orlando

Southwest

Phoenix

Southwest

USAirways

St. Louis

Southwest

Salt Lake City

Delta

San Diego

ExpressJet

Tucson

ExpressJet

Washington D.C.

Midwest

Source: Omaha Airport Authority


Interstate and Highway Transportation

Located where Interstate 80 meets Interstate 29, Greater Omaha is at the crossroads for regional and national commerce. This makes it possible to reach the majority of U.S. destinations within two to three days by truck. Expansion Management recently designated Omaha as a "Top Five Star Logistics Metro" for being in the top 5% of all metro areas nationwide for the Logistics Quotient. Factors considered for the quotient include overall transportation and distribution industry climate, workforce/labor costs/availability/skill levels, road/highway basic infrastructure and spending, road density/congestion/truck safety, road conditions, taxes and fees, railroad access, air service and interstate highway access.

Greater Omaha is also home to 50 interstate and 40 intrastate motor freight carriers providing direct transcontinental access to national markets. This includes the nation’s premier transportation and logistics company, Werner Enterprises. An extensive availability of irregular route, contract and special commodity carriers completes the full array of over-the-road truck transportation available to metro area businesses.