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Omaha, US
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Omaha, United States · North America
A short, civil Midwest field four miles from downtown with two-hour-easy checkpoints — undone right now by a hard North/South split, thin interim food, and no lounge until 2027.
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Omaha, United States · North America
A short, civil Midwest field four miles from downtown with two-hour-easy checkpoints — undone right now by a hard North/South split, thin interim food, and no lounge until 2027.
An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.
Most important tips
A compact traveler cheat sheet for timing, terminals, food, and disruption checks.
Official FAQ: show up no later than two hours before departure. TSA typically opens each checkpoint at 04:00 and stays open until that concourse’s last departure.
Official peaks are 05:00–07:00 and 16:00–18:00. Homepage wait boards on 28 Oct 2026 were showing Concourse A and B both 5–10 min (they also flip to 0–5). Ticket counters are not 24/7 — United’s posted window is 04:00–18:30; American 03:00–19:30; Delta 03:30–19:30; Southwest opens 90 minutes before its first departure.
Build OMA has split the building into two sterile terminals. Official Find Your Way: South A1–A10 vs North B11–B20. There is no airside hop.
If you enter the wrong door you leave security, walk the front-drive crosswalk, and reclear. Pickup/drop-off is Level 1 of the South Garage for both halls (arrivals A1–A4; departures B1–B4 / C1–C4) through 2028. Ride-app and taxi are South Garage ground floor section D3. New south gates A1/A1A/A1B/A2 are scheduled 4 Nov 2026 — still no airside walk to North B.
Each concourse has one Plum Market bar-and-grill (Runway 18-36 on A, Runway 14R on B) plus Hudson. Official hours 04:00–21:00 or last departure.
Landside OMA Market is staffed 08:00–17:00 with 24-hour self-service on both sides. South landside Hudson is 04:00–00:00. The Mill Coffee and Tea and other new south-terminal concessions are promised with the late-2026 / November openings — they are not on the current hours page. No Starbucks / national food-court list on today’s official dining page.
Live PP USA has no OMA pin. DragonPass’s OMA airport page is empty. Official Build OMA: Escape Lounge opens with the new unified concourse in 2027.
Do not invent a Sky Club, Admirals Club, United Club, Centurion, or a USO from aggregator mirrors. Escape Lounges’ own Omaha page still says coming soon. CLEAR is not at OMA today. Confirm FIDS for United EWR and seasonal Allegiant/Southwest FLL — both are on the official destinations list.
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Security waits and operational status from official feeds, where the airport publishes them.
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Overall is the published weighted sum of six categories. No holistic fudge on top.
Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
Food and retail quality and variety.
Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
Worth-it density and access quality.
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Each section answers one trip question in depth.
Eppley Airfield, the Omaha city center, and Millard Airport (MIQ)
4 ways into the city, compared on time, cost, and luggage.
Live Priority Pass USA has no Omaha pin. DragonPass’s OMA airport page is empty. There is no pay lounge, airline club, Centurion, or Chase Sapphire Lounge at OMA today.
Look up the airline before you park or get out of the car. Official split: Alaska / Allegiant / American / Delta / Frontier = South A. Southwest / United = North B. Entering the other door costs a full reclear.
6 rated amenities — food, Wi-Fi, quiet spots, family, and sleep.
Where to refill for free, and where a bottle costs the least airside.
Editorial and traveler reviews — what people actually complain about.
Eppley Airfield, the Omaha city center, and Millard Airport (MIQ)
Compare prepaid private transfers to Omaha — useful overnight, with luggage, or when you want a locked-in fare before you land.
Official ride-app pickup is South Garage ground floor section D3 for both halls.
Tip: Do not wait at the old terminal curb or the North Garage rental-car building. Confirm the app — OAA does not post a fare.
Taxis share the D3 curb with ride apps. Omaha cabs are metered, not a posted airport flat zone.
Tip: Confirm the meter. Same garage as Uber — useful when the app is surging.
Weekday-only Metro bus between downtown / North Omaha Transit Center and the Eppley Airport Terminal stop.
Tip: Adult regular $1.25 + $0.25 transfer (ometro.com/fares). Not Saturday/Sunday. Track MyRide OMA — downtown streetcar detours are active.
Official on-airport lots from $7/day South Economy to $34/day Premier, with shuttle economy and garage walk-in options.
Tip: Reserve online. South Garage Level 2 is still under restoration; OAA is steering drive-up cars to the North Garage via Abbott Drive. Garages are $25/day max.
Runway 18-36 on A and Runway 14R on B (Plum Market, 04:00–21:00 or last departure) plus Hudson — that is the official airside dining list during the split.
Official network is *OMA Free WiFi throughout both halls; splash-page fallback is wifilauncher.com.
Contracted CAVU room for the future unified concourse — Priority Pass / DragonPass / day pass when it opens in 2027. Zero live chairs today.
All passenger pickup/drop-off is South Garage Level 1 through 2028; ride-app and taxi are section D3. Rental cars sit in the North Garage Customer Service Building.
Official construction maps mark mother’s rooms and restrooms on both the North and South sides. New south gates add more restrooms from 4 Nov 2026.
The terminal is open 24/7/365, but TSA closes after the last departure and you cannot reclear. Landside OMA Market self-service stays up overnight.
The split is the one mistake that costs a full reclear.
Official airline page: A = Alaska, Allegiant, American, Delta, Frontier. B = Southwest, United. Trust today’s FIDS over leftover gate-letter folklore. New A1/A1A/A1B/A2 open 4 Nov 2026 for south-terminal airlines only.
Each hall is a 10-gate walk once you are in the right one.
There is no airside corridor and no courtesy cart between halls.
Official arrival guidance is two hours. CLEAR is not here.
TSA typically 04:00 until last departure. PreCheck is on both checkpoints; enroll at the Regency IdentoGO, not at the airport.
Homepage waits are often under 15 minutes outside the 05:00–07:00 bank.
A late United departure can find the North counters already closed (posted 04:00–18:30).
Live PP USA has no OMA pin. Escape is a 2027 Build OMA room.
Eat at Runway 14R or 18-36. Aggregator club/USO pins are not on the official dining or hours pages. Escape Lounges’ Omaha page is still coming soon.
There is no pay-lounge fallback and no airline club.
Route 106 is weekday-only. Pad the Pershing Drive detour.
Adult regular $1.25 + $0.25 transfer on ometro.com/fares. Evenings, weekends, and luggage-heavy trips are D3 rideshare or a taxi.
Downtown is about 10–15 minutes by car when Abbott Drive is clear.
I-680 / Pershing Drive is closed Dick Collins–Craig through October 2027.
Restroom clusters on the A and B concourses after each TSA checkpoint
OAA does not publish a bottle-filler map. Empty at TSA and use the first restroom fountain past the checkpoint on your concourse — do not invent a Gate A5 / B16 pin.
Landside restroom clusters near ticketing and baggage claim in each hall
Use these if you are not clearing security or you arrived at the wrong hall. Overnight sleepers have 24/7 building access; the checkpoints do not.
Hudson News after TSA on each concourse; extra landside Hudson in the South Terminal
Official Hudson hours: airside 04:00–last departure; South landside 04:00–00:00. Buy here only if you skipped the restroom fountain. OAA does not publish a bottle tariff.
OMA Market (Plum Market) on the landside of each hall, 24-hour self-service after staffed hours
Official hours: staffed 08:00–17:00 with 24-hour self-service. Best landside bottle if you are overnighting or reclearing the wrong hall.
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Typical operations snapshot — editorial, not live news. File dated Jan 1, 1970.
Typical delay mix from the same editorial snapshot — not a live feed. Current operations are on Overview.
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