Eppley Airfield (IATA: OMA, ICAO: KOMA, FAA LID: OMA) is a medium hub airport 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 Nebraska. In addition to the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area, Eppley Airfield serves 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 (1,070 ha) and handles approximately 90 commercial flights per day. The terminal building has two concourses with 20 gates total. Midwest Airlines established a focus city at Eppley Airfield, which has expanded since that airline's merger with Frontier Airlines. As of February 2012, all regularly scheduled flights from Eppley Airfield terminate within the United States. The airport handled more than 4.2 million passengers in 2011. Southwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines are the first-, second-, and third-largest carriers, respectively, serving approximately 29 percent, 22 percent, and 20 percent of passengers.
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