Eppley Airfield Airport (OMA) Information

Where is Eppley Airfield Airport?
OMA Eppley Airfield Airport (IATA: OMA, ICAO: KOMA, FAA LID: OMA) is a medium hub primary airport located 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 the state of Nebraska. In addition to the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area, Eppley Airfield serves communities throughout 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.

The airport occupies 2,650 acres (10.7 km2) and handles about 397 commercial flights a week. The airport has two concourses consisting of 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 2010, all regularly-scheduled flights from Eppley Airfield terminate within the United States. The airport handled more than 4.2 million passengers in 2009. Southwest Airlines is the largest carrier, handling approximately 27 percent of passengers; United Airlines/Continental Airlines is the second-largest carrier, handling approximately 24 percent of passengers. The airport is served by MAT bus #16.

Additional Eppley Airfield Airport information may be found by visiting their official website below.

• Official OMA Eppley Airfield Airport Website