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Fri, Oct 23 - Mon, Oct 26
Frontier Logo
5:41 pm - 8:14 pmDEN  Denver Intl-OMA Omaha Eppley Airfield
1h 33mnonstop
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8:59 pm - 9:42 pmOMA  Omaha Eppley Airfield-DEN Denver Intl
1h 43mnonstop
$106Frontier
Mon, Oct 12 - Mon, Oct 19
Frontier Logo
5:41 pm - 8:14 pmDEN  Denver Intl-OMA Omaha Eppley Airfield
1h 33mnonstop
Frontier Logo
8:59 pm - 9:42 pmOMA  Omaha Eppley Airfield-DEN Denver Intl
1h 43mnonstop
$113Frontier
Wed, Oct 7 - Mon, Oct 12
Multiple Airlines Logo
4:03 pm - 6:34 pmDEN  Denver Intl-OMA Omaha Eppley Airfield
1h 31mnonstop
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10:23 pm - 5:34 pmOMA  Omaha Eppley Airfield-DEN Denver Intl
20h 11m2 stops Las Vegas Harry Reid Intl Los Angeles
$164Multiple Airlines
Sat, Oct 3 - Mon, Oct 5
Multiple Airlines Logo
4:03 pm - 6:34 pmDEN  Denver Intl-OMA Omaha Eppley Airfield
1h 31mnonstop
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10:08 pm - 5:32 pmOMA  Omaha Eppley Airfield-DEN Denver Intl
20h 24m2 stops Las Vegas Harry Reid Intl Los Angeles
$168Multiple Airlines
Thu, Oct 8 - Mon, Oct 12
United Airlines Logo
9:10 pm - 11:42 pmDEN  Denver Intl-OMA Omaha Eppley Airfield
1h 32mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
1:55 pm - 2:45 pmOMA  Omaha Eppley Airfield-DEN Denver Intl
1h 50mnonstop
$177United Airlines
Thu, Oct 15 - Sat, Oct 17
United Airlines Logo
9:10 pm - 11:42 pmDEN  Denver Intl-OMA Omaha Eppley Airfield
1h 32mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
1:55 pm - 2:45 pmOMA  Omaha Eppley Airfield-DEN Denver Intl
1h 50mnonstop
$177United Airlines
Tue, Oct 13 - Sat, Oct 17
Southwest Logo
10:45 am - 1:10 pmDEN  Denver Intl-OMA Omaha Eppley Airfield
1h 25mnonstop
Southwest Logo
6:00 pm - 6:40 pmOMA  Omaha Eppley Airfield-DEN Denver Intl
1h 40mnonstop
$177Southwest
Tue, Dec 1 - Thu, Dec 3
Southwest Logo
2:30 pm - 4:55 pmDEN  Denver Intl-OMA Omaha Eppley Airfield
1h 25mnonstop
Southwest Logo
6:40 pm - 7:15 pmOMA  Omaha Eppley Airfield-DEN Denver Intl
1h 35mnonstop
$177Southwest
Tue, Oct 27 - Thu, Oct 29
American Airlines Logo
5:29 pm - 12:31 amEWR  Newark-OMA Omaha Eppley Airfield
8h 02m1 stop Chicago O'Hare Intl
American Airlines Logo
8:07 am - 4:38 pmOMA  Omaha Eppley Airfield-EWR Newark
7h 31m1 stop Chicago O'Hare Intl
$217American Airlines
Sat, Oct 31 - Sat, Oct 31
American Airlines Logo
5:31 am - 11:51 amEWR  Newark-OMA Omaha Eppley Airfield
7h 20m1 stop Chicago O'Hare Intl
American Airlines Logo
4:08 pm - 11:29 pmOMA  Omaha Eppley Airfield-EWR Newark
6h 21m1 stop Chicago O'Hare Intl
$217American Airlines
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Most popular time to fly with an average 9% increase in price.
Flight from Denver to Omaha

FAQs - booking Council Bluffs flights

  • How long is the flight to Council Bluffs?

    Flights from Seattle3h 13m
    Flights from New York6h 20m
    Flights from Denver1h 25m
    Flights from Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport2h 30m
    Flights from Los Angeles3h 18m
  • What is the cheapest flight to Omaha?

    In the last 5 days, the cheapest flight deal to Omaha was found on the route from Denver, at $106 return. The most popular connection is from Los Angeles to Omaha and KAYAK users have found round-trip deals for as low as $184 in the last 5 days.

  • Which airlines fly to Omaha?

    Many airlines fly to Omaha, the most common ones being Southwest, United Airlines, and American Airlines. See the amount of flights per week for popular airlines flying to Omaha.

  • How to fly to Council Bluffs?

    You cannot fly directly to Council Bluffs. KAYAK recommends you fly to Omaha Eppley Airfield (OMA) (3.38 miles from Council Bluffs). From there you can rent a car or get a taxi.

  • What airports are near Council Bluffs?

    The closest airport is Omaha Eppley Airfield (OMA) (3.38 mi). Other nearby airports are Lincoln (LNK) (54.73 mi) or Sioux City Sioux Gateway (SUX) (83.05 mi). KAYAK recommends you fly to Omaha Eppley Airfield.

  • How far is Omaha Eppley Airfield Airport from central Omaha?

    Omaha Eppley Airfield Airport is 4 miles from the center of Omaha.

  • What is the name of Omaha’s airport?

    All flights to Omaha land at Omaha Eppley Airfield Airport. The airport code is OMA,and it can also be referred to as Eppley Airfield or Omaha Eppley Airfield.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Council Bluffs

  • There is no major airport in Council Bluffs. It is instead served by Omaha Eppley Airfield Airport.
  • Looking for cheap airfare to Council Bluffs? 25% of our users found round-trip tickets to Council Bluffs for the following prices or less: From Fort Lauderdale $159, from San Francisco $338, from Los Angeles $415
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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Council Bluffs

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from the United States to Council Bluffs? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4189 reviews
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
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Terrible delay today. also, waited 90 minutes for baggage to unload in Seattle earlier in the week.

4.0 OkayHervey, Sep 2026
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Terrible delay today. also, waited 90 minutes for baggage to unload in Seattle earlier in the week.

Like new plane. Great crew. Comfortable. Clean. On time. Happy employees. Good organization and control of passengers.

Flights delays were communicated timely and helpfully, but there was a significant delay without any real effort to make up for that. Also, the in-flight WiFi was very spotty. That said, this was my first time with Southwest and I was quite happy with the service and staff otherwise.

Delayed and once landed waited very long for the luggage

Nice managed … it was a smaller plane, so the seating wasn’t as comfortable.

The Southwest airline was ok. A big thank you to Kayak team (David), who worked with me on Sunday afternoon to rebook my travel from Burbank, CA, to CVG. My original flight on Sunday was delayed, so I had to cancel Sunday flight and rebook my travel to Monday. Could not have done it without help from David from Kayak team. Ante Soda GE Aerospace

Seated at front bulkhead for a smidge extra leg room away from home and on flight back home. Away crew was very proactive about assuring our carryons had space close behind us (because no seat in front of us our personal items had to be in a small bin overhead). They actively required passengers place overhead luggage on its side so more items could fit in bins. Home crew made no such efforts. I had to struggle back rows to get overhead bags upon landing, no crew help then either, and some disgruntled passengers as I and others retrieved our bags. There was a system that worked pretty well. The home bound crew just didn't feel like working.

Southwest has inacted unfriendly customer policies like other airlines. Watch the fine print very carefully if you are having to alter flight arrangements. Rules are now complicated and very stilted to travelers sacrificing travel funds (unlike before where the simple, straight forward flight change policy was worth the extra premium for ticket price.) On the positive side, SW Flight crews are still wonderfully helpful.

Flight left on time and was early landing. Seats not comfortable and not enough space…

Love Southwest! Always a good trip with a happy crew who goes out of their way to be kind and fun.

Flight was delayed at airport with large backlog and WiFi was spotty

I don’t like mushrooms and that’s all they had with pasta

I Love Delta but one of the flight crew training in courtesy snd hospitality.

I don't know why the crew decided to board 15 minutes early without informing anyone not at the gate. Why would you have the app send a notification that we're boarding on time, instead board early, and then rush me to the gate. Then have me check my carry-on when I specifically packed my bag as to not do so.

Could have been on time and not missed my connection

Really hard to tell what was happening after my flight got delayed five times

Flight was delayed from San Diego due to being overweight for weather conditions. We missed our connecting flight to our final destination due to the delay, as well as the connecting flight leaving before the scheduled departure time. We missed the connection within 10 - 15 minutes. We were booked on a later flight arriving 7 hours later. There were 7 passengers sharing the same originating and connecting flight.

Horrible, mismanaged ground issue resulting in a long delayed, next flight left early, waiting extra 7 hours in the airport, screen did not work

Wifi on this flight was very sketchy and not available for most of the trip.

I’m on this flight every other week. Same flight, same day of the week, same time of day… Multiple times there are issues getting flight plan registered and FAA approved r to take off. PAPERWORK This is exhausting and it sucks.

Flight was on time, clean, etc. Despite connecting to your wi fi I was unable to use your app to watch entertainment.

Awful!!!. I do not recommend United. The flight staff are unhappy and don't attempt to make the passengers feel comfortable or welcome. The food is not edible, and the seats are miserable. My expensive luggage was destroyed, and the ticket prices are too much for the experience.

Even though the incoming flight was delayed by 20 minutes they managed to get us to SFO 15 minutes early.

On time, easy boarding. Anytime you sit in an economy seat, it’s uncomfortable. New plane and the bathrooms were in the galley at the back of the plane which seemed odd.

It was fine for the most part. But the volume on the announcements was way too loud, and the cabin temperature was chilly. We had the hardest landing I've ever experienced- I think it hurt my back, and the tires squealed when we touched down.

A long delay. Don't travel late in the day.

The seat was comfortable. There was a lot of turbulence. If it weren't for that,it would have been okay.

It was great, I’m very grateful for the pilots and crew flight attendants for everything.

Flight was great. Efficient boarding. Short flight. Early arrival. Friendly flight crew. The entertainment system did not work well. Could not access it until the aircraft reached 10K feet or more. Lots of glitches.

No food service almost missed because of first flight delays

American Airlines put the food on the wrong plane which had already taken off by the time we took off so we had no food on the plane.

With weather and severe delays it was disappointing we didn't receive any compensation for the 5 hour delay. Not even a food voucher.

ATL to CLT return flight. Delayed way too severely. Had to cancel the return flight.

I've flown American several times this summer and I have yet to get a flight that leaves on time. However, a delay is better than a cancel. So far I have had four canceled flights and two delayed flights

Every time I fly American they end up delaying the flight significantly and claim it’s due to weather, however, it was a beautiful clear sunny day in Dallas today. Unfortunately, these significant delays occur more often than not which I don’t experience on any other airlines. Yet American Airlines consistently faults the weather and never holds itself accountable for the poor and unorganized service. I will keep my business with Delta, United, and JetBlue going forward. American Airlines should not be part of the “Big 3” considering United and Delta are light years ahead. JetBlue is also much ahead of American. American needs to step up big time

The boarding by groups is pointless. The first two groups worked fine, but almost Noone boarded in goups three thru five leaving the vast majority boarding when group six was called. It defeated the purpose of spreading out the crowd.

I blame kayak for my last trip to dca. Kayak cancelled my direct flight and put on a one stop flight and made lost whole day from my vacation and had not even refunded my ticket.

delayed multiple times. no resolution on anything from AA customer service. was put on hold in chat to talk to manager. was 6th in line to talk to manager for more than TWELVE HOURS - from sometime around 9AM until well after I had gone to bed that evening. no explanation, no attempt to make it right. just a five hour delay because of repeated maintenance claims

Was the most uncomfortable I ever had in the air. Felt like I was trapped in the seat legs cramped and was just horrible. The flight to DSM was a lot better. Even being on a smaller plane was better. Staff are outstanding. No complaints about the people.

It was exactly as I expected, on time, smooth flight, courteous staff.

My ATL–CVG Frontier flight was disappointing due to both an operational issue and unprofessional customer service. After everyone had boarded and the aircraft had pushed back from the gate, we were delayed because the passenger count did not match the flight manifest. The crew counted passengers approximately six times before the aircraft returned to the gate and gate agents boarded to help resolve the discrepancy. We were ultimately advised that a family had been allowed to board but not all of their boarding passes had been properly scanned. This resulted in a departure delay of nearly an hour. I did appreciate that the pilot kept passengers informed and tried to reassure us that some of the delay could be recovered during the flight. My greater concern was the customer-service experience. I am a Frontier Elite Platinum member and was seated within the first five rows. When I boarded, the overhead bins near my seat were already closed. I opened two bins to see whether my small backpack would fit. A female flight attendant sharply told me that a closed bin meant it was full, although the second bin clearly had available space. When I tried to ask whether I could simply place my backpack in that available space, she ignored me. Later, while the gate agents were working to resolve the passenger-count problem, I heard the same flight attendant make jokes about how many gate agents it takes to count passengers. She then made unnecessary comments about the male gate agent doing the count, men thinking they can do things better than women, and women knowing better and outliving men. Later in the flight, she also commented that passengers should know that the first thing they need to do is always be nice to the flight attendants. Courtesy absolutely should go both ways. Flight attendants deserve respect from passengers, but passengers also deserve respectful and professional treatment from the crew. Joking about colleagues who were actively trying to correct an operational problem, making gender-based comments in front of passengers, and being dismissive toward a passenger asking a simple baggage question were unnecessary and unprofessional. I fly enough to understand that delays and mistakes happen. What determines the quality of the experience is how those situations are handled. Unfortunately, the customer-service attitude on this flight made an already frustrating operational delay considerably worse.

Did not get on the flight, they had a gate change and my app never updated me! Trying to get flight credit

Flight was delayed by about an hour, once we arrived at LAX we had to take a shuttle to the baggage claim - it was completely disorganized. The agents at the shuttles were rude and unable to provide any information. Frontier charges extra for everything from bags to drinks - at the end it ends up being more expensive than flying the better airlines

Sat in the airport waiting for my flight for 5 hours. Finally got on the plane only to be thrown off and told that my flight was cancelled. Zero customer service. Nobody spoke to us. Just the worst

When I was boarding my departure from Raleigh to Orlando I was inappropriately scolded by a female dog named Mia because I didn’t pay in advance for my carry on bag ($75). Frontiers website is confusing regarding pre-paying for carryons so it was a simple mistake. I also had paid for “upfront plus” meaning me and my son were seated in the front row with no one in the middle seat ($450 upgrade). When we were boarding Mia said “sir, you didn’t pay for your carryon” in a not so polite tone and told me to get out of line and come back to the counter to pay for my carryon. The way they had the retractable rope left me no room to circle back without making the people behind me move so I just stood there and then she said a second time “sir!! Go pay for your carryon” in an embarrassing tone. I then moved their rope so I could get back to the counter when a second female dog then asked “are you done!?!?” because I had said “do you want me to bulldoze the people behind me?” I then said you do realize I paid over $400 for upfront plus so I was certainly not trying to sneak a carryon bag without paying. Long story short, I am soooo done with discount airlines!!! By the time you pay for all the “extras” you might as well have paid for Delta Southwest or American! Frontier airlines sucks and I was embarrassed by a female dog named Mia!!!

Frontier is good until they cancel your flight. Way too many cancellations.

I know Frontier is a “no-frills” airline. I understand the concept. However, I jumped on some tickets for our family vacation, expecting to play a bit of a game to figure out the family bags and not over spend. In the end, I got the short end of this deal by far. 1. I did not expect them to charge the baggage fee for each direction. It makes the fee look high-ish at a glance, but reasonable. Then when you get to checkout and realize you have to pay it twice to come home with your luggage, it becomes ridiculous. 2. The low checked bag weight limit. I am used to packing a 50lb bag with my preferred airline. Frontier’s artificially low 40lb limit more quickly triggers the extra weight fee, which almost DOUBLES the price of the bag if you go over ($79 for the bag/$75 for the next 10 lbs) 3. The fee for a carry-on bag is the same as a checked bag but with a lower size and weight limit. Make it make sense! 4. The seats are terrible. My 2.5 hour flight almost had me losing my mind. I’m 6’3” and my femurs barely fit in the space provided. My knees had to wiggle just right to jam into the crack next to the armrest of the seat in front of me. The cushioning was thin and inadequate. I am tall but I’m not a freak. These seats are unacceptable. 5. I overheard the woman next to me speaking with the gate agent about being charged a $25 fee for not checking in online - she checked in at the airport counter when she arrived. That’s ridiculous. She was old and in a wheelchair. She had a paper boarding pass, and was obviously not tech savvy. She should not be punished for that. 6. They do not have good placement in the terminals. It was always out on the end or down on a subfloor, and we had to walk out on the tarmac almost every time. In Denver. Their home airport! 7. Every time I loaded a new page on the website while buying my tickets or my bags, it was constantly trying to upsell me on some esoteric bundle. Like, a pop-up every time. Very annoying. 8. No screens in the boarding area (at least where we were) to confirm you’re in the right place. Just static gate number signs. I am sure these are standard practices for Frontier, and I should have read more about them before I purchased tickets, but as a result of this single round trip, I do not plan to ever use this cut-rate airline again. I would rather pay the normal amount for a ticket and be treated like a customer instead of a mark.

Our flight was delayed 2 hours and when they changed the the time to 1 hour I wasn't alerted and when I checked the gate the plane was still there but they already shut the doors so I had to buy another flight.

Great except upon arrival it took them a long time to open the doors

I paid for the upgraded bundle. Was worth it! Great experience round trip!

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