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Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 12:24 pm
by Omaha Cowboy
This is tremendous news! Now 32 non stop destinations and counting..

5 million annual passengers for OMA here we come :thumb: ...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 3:47 pm
by joleo
Omaha Cowboy wrote:This is tremendous news! Now 32 non stop destinations and counting..

5 million annual passengers for OMA here we come :thumb: ...

Ciao..LiO...Peace
33 destinations, Allegiant announced Omaha to Punta Gorda Florida today as well!

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 12:31 pm
by Omaha Cowboy
joleo wrote:
Omaha Cowboy wrote:This is tremendous news! Now 32 non stop destinations and counting..

5 million annual passengers for OMA here we come :thumb: ...

Ciao..LiO...Peace
33 destinations, Allegiant announced Omaha to Punta Gorda Florida today as well!
No doubt :thumb: ...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 9:19 am
by iamjacobm
https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/ ... omaha.html
OneJet announced it would open its second operating base at Milwaukee County's General Mitchell International Airport. Starting Nov. 1, there will be direct nonstop service from there to Columbus and Omaha.

The airline will have four daily flights to and from each city.

OneJet opened its first base in Pittsburgh in 2016 with two daily flights. The company now offers more than 160 weekly flights.

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 9:34 am
by iamjacobm
Interesting that the former CEO of Midwest Airlines is an investor in this company. I know someone on here, probably NovakOmaha has said we were a hub for that airline at one time.

Also these are small planes. Still another nonstop with twice daily service.

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 9:55 am
by NovakOmaha
iamjacobm wrote:Interesting that the former CEO of Midwest Airlines is an investor in this company. I know someone on here, probably NovakOmaha has said we were a hub for that airline at one time.

Also these are small planes. Still another nonstop with twice daily service.
Four, not two. Very small planes.

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 12:25 pm
by Omaha Cowboy
Even though very small, it’s another nice “get”..

This brings OMA to 34 non stop destinations I believe...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 4:46 pm
by NovakOmaha
34 would be correct. At 4 round trips per day with 9 passenger planes you're only looking at somewhat over 2,000 passengers per month. Not much of a windfall but hey, why not?


I still feel that Boston, JFK, BWI, Dulles and Ft. Lauderdale are all reasonable destinations to add. Nashville, Memphis, New Orleans and San Antonio are less so but still within reason. Toronto, Cancun, Puerto Vallarta, as I said before, whatever it takes to do it, do it.

I don't have much of a dog in this hunt but as I see it Eppley is a sleeping giant in terms of an economic powerhouse for Omaha. When you consider that not that long ago Omaha had service to 16 airports the level of service now and announced is amazing.

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 8:06 pm
by joleo
NovakOmaha wrote:34 would be correct. At 4 round trips per day with 9 passenger planes you're only looking at somewhat over 2,000 passengers per month. Not much of a windfall but hey, why not?
Actually it is only 2 roundtrips per day on weekdays only. It is also either a 7 or 8 seat plane. That is only around 600 seats per month, or about 0.1% of the Eppley traffic. That also assumes all the flights are full too. This is a nice get, just won't affect the overall airport traffic numbers.

Looking, flights seem to be $400 roundtrip for the cheap fares. This is found at onejet.com. Not too bad of a price if you ask me! I flew roundtrip to MKE from DSM on a last minute ticket over the summer and had to connect in Chicago and it was over $1,000. This would have been a welcome option if I lived in Omaha for sure!!

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 9:08 pm
by bigredmed1
iamjacobm wrote:Interesting that the former CEO of Midwest Airlines is an investor in this company. I know someone on here, probably NovakOmaha has said we were a hub for that airline at one time.

Also these are small planes. Still another nonstop with twice daily service.
We were a secondary hub after Milwaukee.

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 12:37 pm
by Omaha Cowboy
More awesome news for OMA!..

From the W-H-

“American Airlines will begin offering a twice-daily nonstop flight between Omaha and Philadelphia International Airport this spring.

The flight will launch May 4. The airline will fly the route with an Embraer E0175 seating 76 people.

American also provides daily nonstop service to Chicago; Charlotte, North Carolina; Dallas; Los Angeles; Miami; and Phoenix.

“This announcement marks the third new destination by American from Omaha in two years and is another demonstration of passenger demand fueled by a strong local economy,” said Steve McCoy, manager of airline affairs for the Omaha Airport Authority, which operates Eppley Airfield.”...

The story link-

http://www.omaha.com/money/american-air ... 0e98f.html

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 12:58 pm
by damonhynes
Did I tell ya's, or did I tell ya's? AAmerican sees Frontier off with 2x frequencies! (I'd have rather had A319s, but...)

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 1:04 pm
by NovakOmaha
damonhynes wrote:Did I tell ya's, or did I tell ya's? AAmerican sees Frontier off with 2x frequencies! (I'd have rather had A319s, but...)
It's about time...

Just saw. Does Moines too to phl.

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 7:33 pm
by NovakOmaha
Anyone who's been on this board for six months or longer know that one of my hobbies is complaining about the omaha world herald, the local monopoly fishwrap. Now, I will admit that recently the owh has reported on new non stop flights from Eppley. Or, more accurately it has either been contacted by the airport, reprinted a press release or used posts here to let the unwashed masses know that they can fly to more places without stopping for gas & directions. Good for them. It does seem that lately someone named Paige Yowell has been the reporter of record on new airline service. According to her bio on the owh web site "Paige is a business reporter for The World-Herald. She covers retailing, from local boutiques to Fortune 1000 companies. She also keeps tabs on retail development and trends." I'm not sure where Eppley fits into the retailing, from local boutiques to Fortune 1000 companies, retail development and trends. Perhaps Eppley is a trend? Perhaps one or more of the airlines is a Fortune 1000 company? Anyway, Paige? If you're reading this, and over the years it appears that at the very least an intern at the paper has, maybe do a story about the growth of service at the airport? Maybe another one on construction, now and planned? You could even call the airport authority and ask some questions and us their answers in your story. I could be wrong but I think some people who read the paper might find that interesting.

I just reread my post so far & wow is it snarky.

Anyway Paige. Keep up the good work.

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 9:07 pm
by damonhynes
NovakOmaha wrote:
Anyway Paige. Keep up the good work.
She works for Warren Buffet, She does what she's told, job description be damned. The OWH is one puff piece after another, interspersed with teenage political blather.

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 9:11 pm
by Garrett
NovakOmaha wrote:Anyone who's been on this board for six months or longer know that one of my hobbies is complaining about the omaha world herald, the local monopoly fishwrap. Now, I will admit that recently the owh has reported on new non stop flights from Eppley. Or, more accurately it has either been contacted by the airport, reprinted a press release or used posts here to let the unwashed masses know that they can fly to more places without stopping for gas & directions. Good for them. It does seem that lately someone named Paige Yowell has been the reporter of record on new airline service. According to her bio on the owh web site "Paige is a business reporter for The World-Herald. She covers retailing, from local boutiques to Fortune 1000 companies. She also keeps tabs on retail development and trends." I'm not sure where Eppley fits into the retailing, from local boutiques to Fortune 1000 companies, retail development and trends. Perhaps Eppley is a trend? Perhaps one or more of the airlines is a Fortune 1000 company? Anyway, Paige? If you're reading this, and over the years it appears that at the very least an intern at the paper has, maybe do a story about the growth of service at the airport? Maybe another one on construction, now and planned? You could even call the airport authority and ask some questions and us their answers in your story. I could be wrong but I think some people who read the paper might find that interesting.

I just reread my post so far & wow is it snarky.

Anyway Paige. Keep up the good work.
Don't try to claim MTO's gig. :lol:

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 3:25 pm
by NovakOmaha
Garrett wrote:
NovakOmaha wrote:Anyone who's been on this board for six months or longer know that one of my hobbies is complaining about the omaha world herald, the local monopoly fishwrap. Now, I will admit that recently the owh has reported on new non stop flights from Eppley. Or, more accurately it has either been contacted by the airport, reprinted a press release or used posts here to let the unwashed masses know that they can fly to more places without stopping for gas & directions. Good for them. It does seem that lately someone named Paige Yowell has been the reporter of record on new airline service. According to her bio on the owh web site "Paige is a business reporter for The World-Herald. She covers retailing, from local boutiques to Fortune 1000 companies. She also keeps tabs on retail development and trends." I'm not sure where Eppley fits into the retailing, from local boutiques to Fortune 1000 companies, retail development and trends. Perhaps Eppley is a trend? Perhaps one or more of the airlines is a Fortune 1000 company? Anyway, Paige? If you're reading this, and over the years it appears that at the very least an intern at the paper has, maybe do a story about the growth of service at the airport? Maybe another one on construction, now and planned? You could even call the airport authority and ask some questions and us their answers in your story. I could be wrong but I think some people who read the paper might find that interesting.

I just reread my post so far & wow is it snarky.

Anyway Paige. Keep up the good work.
Don't try to claim MTO's gig. :lol:
There's momentary snark and then there is a more permanent snark. I consider myself more of a curmudgeon than a snark. If it's MTO's gig then MTO should carry on, godspeed.

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 7:34 pm
by NovakOmaha
Here's a new toy to play with. Any airport, any airline. Click on the "routes" and then click on the "click here" link to show all departures for a week shown by day. Shows time, type of aircraft. Fun. Interesting.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airports/oma

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 4:36 am
by Omababe
NovakOmaha wrote:Here's a new toy to play with. Any airport, any airline. Click on the "routes" and then click on the "click here" link to show all departures for a week shown by day. Shows time, type of aircraft. Fun. Interesting.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airports/oma
My amateur pilot friends showed me that a while ago. Very handy when you are sitting in the airport and want to know the real story on when your plane is really going to arrive.

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 11:29 am
by Garrett
There's also an app that shows every single plane in the sky, it's airline, origin, and destination. So if you ever see a plane over head, you can just pull it up and get all of that info.

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 11:35 am
by nebugeater
Garrett wrote:There's also an app that shows every single plane in the sky, it's airline, origin, and destination. So if you ever see a plane over head, you can just pull it up and get all of that info.

On Iso it is called Plane Finder.

Some of the smaller planes do not have all the details you listed but for the most part it is all there as stated.

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 8:59 pm
by Brad
Parking Garage Construction:

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Image

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 9:42 pm
by daveoma
What's in Carter Lake? Are those birds?

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 7:31 am
by Brad
daveoma wrote:What's in Carter Lake? Are those birds?
Apparently that's what lily pads look like in the fall when they shrivel up and die for the year...

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 9:34 pm
by Omaha Cowboy
Brad wrote:Parking Garage Construction:

1.
Image
Excellent pic update Brad :thumb: ..

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:56 am
by Garrett
Are they a bit late in getting out September numbers?

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:52 am
by NovakOmaha
Garrett wrote:Are they a bit late in getting out September numbers?
Typically they post them on the 20th of each month. On occasion they are late and on rare occasions they are over 2 months late. I would assume that the task of posting them is pretty low on the list.

How is the new garage construction going?

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 4:36 pm
by NovakOmaha
Well it's the 27th. If they wait a couple of weeks they can just post Sept & Oct at the same time. It's actually happened before. Either that or they are using a legal pad & a number 2 pencil and counting by writing each person's name and then counting them that way.

On to a totally different subject, check out the Oklahoma City Airport web site. http://www.flyokc.com For what it's worth, check out the airport. Remember, OKC handles about 500k less flyers than OMA. They recently renovated their terminal & it's very nice. It's also planned for expansion. They also just landed a maintenance base for Skywest Airlines. A $30M investment and 100 jobs.

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 10:28 am
by NovakOmaha
Last night I took a minute and emailed the director of the Omaha Airport Authority. Today I got a nice response from the Manager of Airline Affairs, Steve McCoy, who said they are looking into the matter and hope to have it resolved soon. Yeah, I know. On the surface it sounds boilerplate but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. I would assume that it's posted soon.

Took a minute to search for Dave Roth's email address, a minute to compose the email and a minute to read it.

By the way, when I explained EOmahaforums.com in my email I referred to its members as geeks about Omaha. Actually first I described it as a gathering place for fans of all things Omaha, then I referred to all you as geeks. The term probably dates me but that's what I came up with.

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 12:22 pm
by Mr.Nuke
September was up 0.5% over last year. Eppley is still up 5.8% YTD.

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 12:43 pm
by Mr.Nuke
Q1 PDEW
Phoenix 343
Denver- 287
Chicago- 277
Las Vegas 229
Orlando- 206
Washington D.C.- 202
LA- 200
Dallas- 177
NYC- 158
Atlanta- 119
San Francisco- 113
Houston- 113
St. Louis- 95
Tampa- 91
Miami- 88
Seattle- 87
San Diego- 84
Minneapolis- 67
Portland- 66
St. Lake City- 53
Boston- 51
San Antonio- 51
Detroit- 49
Fort Myers- 43
Charlotte- 42
Sacramento- 40
Sanford Fl- 39
Nashville- 39
Philadelphia- 38
New Orleans-37
Austin- 28
Indianapolis- 27
Raleigh Durham- 25
Cleveland 25
Palm Springs- 24
Tucson- 23
Columbus- 21
Milwaukee- 21
Jacksonville- 19
Norfolk-19
Pittsburgh-18
Cincinnati- 18

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 12:49 pm
by Mr.Nuke
Q2 PDEW
Chicago- 353
Denver- 322
Washington D.C. 302
LA- 268
Phoenix- 260
NYC- 230
Dallas- 215
Las Vegas- 201
San Francisco- 174
Orlando- 166
Seattle- 142
Atlanta- 137
Houston- 136
St. Louis- 110
San Diego- 110
Portland-103
Boston- 101
Tampa- 96
Charlotte- 74
Minneapolis- 71
Detroit- 68
St Lake City- 67
Miami- 63
Philadelphia- 56
Nashville- 55
Sacramento- 53
New Orleans- 47
San Antonio- 46
Sanford- 43
RDU- 42
Austin- 39
Fort Myers- 33
Columbus- 31
Indianapolis- 30
Cleveland- 30
Norfolk- 28
Pittsburgh- 27
Cincinnati- 24
Milwaukee- 24
Jacksonville- 23
Hartford- 22
Tucson- 22
Spokane-22
Charleston- 21
Reno- 20
Albuquerque- 20
Louisville- 20
Boise- 18
Memphis- 17

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 4:06 pm
by NovakOmaha
Yeah.

Anyway, I'm going to change my prediction and guess that OMA finishes with about 4.6 million. I'll guess that next year OMA finishes with somewhere around 4.8 to 4.85 million. The caveat is that there isn't a month long hurricane near a city that OMA sends a lot of people to, or there isn't a superstorm in the northeast, or that Omaha builds a streetcar to Chicago, or that, or that, or that...

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 12:12 pm
by iamjacobm
Mr.Nuke wrote:September was up 0.5% over last year. Eppley is still up 5.8% YTD.
Nominal gain, but still strong when regional airports like KCI, DSM and OKC were all slightly down for the month.

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 12:25 pm
by Garrett
iamjacobm wrote:
Mr.Nuke wrote:September was up 0.5% over last year. Eppley is still up 5.8% YTD.
Nominal gain, but still strong when regional airports like KCI, DSM and OKC were all slightly down for the month.
Makes sense given all of the Hurricanes and other weather.

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 1:16 pm
by iamjacobm
Garrett wrote:
iamjacobm wrote:
Mr.Nuke wrote:September was up 0.5% over last year. Eppley is still up 5.8% YTD.
Nominal gain, but still strong when regional airports like KCI, DSM and OKC were all slightly down for the month.
Makes sense given all of the Hurricanes and other weather.
That's what I was trying to get at. Other airports seeing nearly the exact same circumstances as Eppley had entirely justified slower months amid their own very strong growth. Omaha was able to at least stay slightly positive showing a really strong market for flights right now.

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 1:24 pm
by Garrett

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:22 pm
by NovakOmaha
October 2017 numbers are out. Another nice increase for the month over October 2016 of 7.5%. For the year an increase of 6%

All airlines showed good increases except for United, which was down 2.7% for the month while still up for the year 12.7%. Anybody know why the anomaly?

My updated prediction, without any weather or other events, is now over 4.6 million. That's on the conservative side. If trends hold it could be closer to 4.75 million.

If this holds and the announced new service does well OMA could come close to 5 million next year.

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:47 pm
by Omaha Cowboy
NovakOmaha wrote:October 2017 numbers are out. Another nice increase for the month over October 2016 of 7.5%. For the year an increase of 6%

All airlines showed good increases except for United, which was down 2.7% for the month while still up for the year 12.7%. Anybody know why the anomaly?

My updated prediction, without any weather or other events, is now over 4.6 million. That's on the conservative side. If trends hold it could be closer to 4.75 million.

If this holds and the announced new service does well OMA could come close to 5 million next year.
I’d say your 4.75 million number, if trends hold, is pretty spot on for 2017..

If OMA hits the 5 mil threshold for 2018, then talk of terminal expansion becomes a reality...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 6:24 am
by guy4omaha
Check out this morning's OWH . . . pretty cool to get our first international destination in Toronto. This is getting to be more and more fun.