MORE NONSTOP FLIGHTS Eppley adding Orlando, Cleveland

Smithey said the cost of that project will be between $3 million and $4 million, with construction starting in late spring or early summer. Right now, about 35 large commercial airplanes park overnight at Eppley.

Omaha?s nonstop flights

Current nonstop from Omaha

Ontario

San Diego

Las Vegas

Salt Lake City

Phoenix

Denver

Dallas/Ft. Worth

Houston

Minneapolis/St. Paul

Milwaukee

Chicago

St. Louis

Memphis

Kansas City

Atlanta

Cincinnati

Detroit

Washington, D.C./Baltimore

New York/Newark

Nonstop from Omaha discontinued for LAX

(Nonstop to Ontario continues)

Los Angeles

Nonstop from Omaha added

Tucson

Cleveland

Orlando

Top 15 destinations with nonstop flights from Omaha

By number of passengers annually

Chicago 357,410

Phoenix 234,180

Washington/Baltimore 206,480

Los Angeles* 205,300

Las Vegas 182,270

Denver 162,350

New York/Newark 144,830

St. Louis 138,390

Dallas/Fort Worth 121,000

San Diego 85,770

Houston 85,260

Atlanta 76,610

Minneapolis/St. Paul 71,700

Detroit 54,370

Salt Lake City 40,830

Passenger numbers are from April 2006-March 2007. They include both nonstop flights, as well as those that involve a connection.

*Includes nonstop flights to Los Angeles International Airport and Ontario, as well as connecting flights to Santa Ana, Burbank and Long Beach.

SOURCE: Omaha Airport Authority