Omaha · OMA · the heartland gateway · July 2026

Advertising at the Missouri River gateway

Nebraska's gateway set a record 5.3 million passengers in 2024, 15 minutes from downtown Omaha across the river flats, and Blindspot books its airside screens by the hour, matched to how Eppley's shareholder weekends, series crowds and Monday banks actually move.

Updated June 15, 2026By Blindspot · location intelligence

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puts your brand airside via Blindspot

Omaha Eppley Airfield, large-format DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Omaha OMA · ticketing hall · Clear Channel AirportsBooked by the hour
The short answer● Quotable

Omaha Eppley Airfield advertising spans from a few cents per play on concourse and gate screens to premium arrivals-hall LED and spectacular digital walls. On Blindspot, Omaha Eppley Airfield screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays start around $0.45, with no contracts or minimums.

The smart Omaha Eppley Airfield play isn't one screen for a month. It's the right screens at the right hours: the departures bank in the morning, the security and concourse dwell through the day, the arrivals halls when the long-haul flights land.

BookingBy the hour
PricingPer play · upfront
MinimumsNone
Go liveWithin hours
DeliveryVerified play logs

Billboard ranking points

Omaha Eppley Airfield's billboard spots, ranked

Scored by Blindspot's location intelligence on visibility, dwell time, and footfall (directional, 1–10). Every one is bookable by the hour on the platform.

01

Ticketing hall

Best for: Finance · Insurance · B2B

The ticketing hall catches every departing passenger at the counters, the first dwell for a business-heavy heartland audience.

Visibility9
Dwell time8
Footfall8
02

Security checkpoints

Best for: Banking · Telco · Software

The checkpoint queues run slow and phone-down with clear sightlines, every Omaha traveler funneled through.

Visibility8
Dwell time9
Footfall6
03

A & B concourses

Best for: Travel · FMCG · Apps

The two concourses seat the Southwest and network-carrier banks in their holdrooms 30 to 60 minutes before departure.

Visibility7
Dwell time8
Footfall8
04

Baggage claim & arrivals

Best for: Hospitality · Events · Local

Arrivals cluster at the carousels minutes from downtown, including every CWS fan and Berkshire shareholder in season.

Visibility8
Dwell time6
Footfall7
05

Ground transport & curb

Best for: Mobility · Real estate · Retail

The curb and rental corridor move arrivals across the river flats toward downtown and the metro's office parks.

Visibility6
Dwell time7
Footfall6
06

Concessions row

Best for: Premium · Steakhouse country · Snacks

The concession rows past each checkpoint hold relaxed travelers with boarding time to spend.

Visibility6
Dwell time6
Footfall7

The media estate · operator partners

Omaha Eppley Airfield screens, in the wild

Blindspot puts digital out-of-home (DOOH) and classic out-of-home from Omaha Eppley Airfield's media owners, Clear Channel Airports, Omaha Airport Authority media, Lamar Airport Advertising among them, onto one map, bookable by the hour. Below: real partner screens across the city's prime zones.

Omaha Eppley Airfield, Ticketing hall · digital network, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Ticketing hall · digital networkClear Channel Airports
Omaha Eppley Airfield, Security checkpoints · overhead LED, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Security checkpoints · overhead LEDClear Channel Airports
Omaha Eppley Airfield, A & B concourses · holdroom screens, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
A & B concourses · holdroom screensClear Channel Airports
Omaha Eppley Airfield, Baggage claim · arrivals digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Baggage claim · arrivals digitalClear Channel Airports
Omaha Eppley Airfield, Curb & rental corridor · exterior panel, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Curb & rental corridor · exterior panelClear Channel Airports
Omaha Eppley Airfield, Concessions row · premium lightbox, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Concessions row · premium lightboxClear Channel Airports

Imagery from media-owner/operator partners. Locations indicative; live availability and per-screen pricing show in the platform.

Formats

Every Omaha Eppley Airfield format, one map

From a single gate screen to a full arrivals-hall takeover, Blindspot puts Omaha Eppley Airfield's digital out-of-home on one map, each screen priced per play and bookable by the hour. The formats that matter airside and landside:

Departures & check-in LED

Large-format digital across check-in islands and departures, where every traveler dwells before security.

Security & checkpoint queues

Captive screens along the security and passport queues, minutes of guaranteed attention per passenger.

Concourses & gate holdrooms

Concourse and gate-lounge screens reaching seated, relaxed travelers with long airside dwell.

Arrivals halls & baggage reclaim

High-dwell arrivals and baggage-claim placements as passengers wait, the airport's longest captive window.

Jet bridges & boarding

Boarding-bridge and gate-side panels in the final moment before the flight.

Spectaculars & landmark LED

Iconic hall and atrium spectaculars for brand-statement reach across the whole terminal.

Location insights

Where Omaha Eppley Airfield moves

Eppley Airfield set its all-time record in 2024 with about 5.3 million passengers and broke ground on a $950 million terminal modernization that will merge its split concourses into one modern gateway. The traffic mix is pure Omaha: Berkshire Hathaway weekend floods the halls with shareholders every May, the College World Series brings the baseball crowd every June, and the Fortune 500 headquarters downtown keep the Monday banks full. Southwest, American, Delta, United, Alaska, Allegiant and Frontier all work the field, 15 minutes from the Old Market. Buy the CWS fortnight and the Berkshire weekend early.

Omaha Eppley Airfield footfall heatmap · typical weekday● Stylized
Ticketing
Security
Gates
Baggage
Curb
Retail
Ticketing hall
Checkpoints
A concourse
B concourse
Concessions row
Baggage claim
Arrivals corridor
Rental corridor
Curbfront
Cell lot
QuietPeak flow
Omaha Eppley Airfield · DOOH coverage map · stylized● per-play pricing
Stylized map of Blindspot DOOH screen locations across Omaha Eppley Airfield Per-play price pins across prime Omaha Eppley Airfield advertising zones over a footfall density wash. Stylized; live availability and per-screen pricing are shown in the Blindspot platform. Bob Kerrey Bridge ◊ downtown 60+ $0.62$0.56$0.51$0.48$0.45 $0.72 SecurityGatesBaggageCurbRetailTicketing
FootfallPeak

Footfall rhythm · by hour

Commuterspeaks 7:30–10 AM & 5–8 PM
Shoppers & mallspeaks 12–8 PM
Nightlife & diningpeaks 8 PM–1 AM
12AM6AM12PM6PM11PM
Departures peak in the morning

Ticketing and check-in fill in the early-morning and late-afternoon banks. Book those hours and your frequency against business travelers climbs for the same budget.

Layover dwell, all day

Gates and the gate holdrooms hold seated, relaxed travelers for 60–90 minutes, long windows where dwell, not rush, does the work.

Arrivals land in waves

Baggage fills as long-haul flights land in banks, high-value international passengers with time to read. Swap creative to match who just arrived.

Location intelligence summary

One city, several audiences a day

Omaha Eppley Airfield doesn't have a rush hour; it has flight banks. Departures peak in the morning, long-haul arrivals land in waves, and between them travelers dwell for 60–90 minutes with phones often stowed. The buying model that matches that is hourly: pay for the banks when your audience is captive, skip the dead hours.

ObjectiveBook these zonesBest hours
Brand launch / premiumTicketing + CurbAll day · long-haul banks
Business travelersTicketing, GatesWeekday 6–10 AM · 4–8 PM
Long-dwell layoversGates, Baggage10 AM–8 PM
International arrivalsBaggage, RetailAligned to long-haul landing banks
Duty-free & retailTicketing, GatesDepartures peaks
Match the tide, not the calendar

A month-long 24/7 rotation pays for 3 AM plays nobody sees. Hourly booking concentrates the same budget into Omaha Eppley Airfield’s proven peak windows, and typically saves 30%+ versus a flat four-week flight.

Creative by daypart

Security-line passengers read in seconds; gate-side travelers dwell for minutes. Run different creative by hour on the same screens, even trigger swaps on weather or live data.

Proof, not vibes

Every play is logged. Blindspot campaigns report verified plays and attribution, measured against control groups, not estimated reach.

The zones above already draw a specific buyer: business travelers filling Ticketing and Gates on weekday mornings and evenings, since Southwest Airlines flies Eppley Airfield as a focus city and carries the largest share of the airport's passengers (see DOOH for B2B), and College World Series fans, who move through Gates and Baggage each June when the NCAA Men's College World Series fills Omaha's flights and TSA staffs up the checkpoint for the full ten-day tournament.

Book Omaha Eppley Airfield by the hour

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Key facts at a glance

Quotable, self-contained, sourced, Blindspot, June 2026

  • Omaha Eppley Airfield (OMA) set an all-time record of about 5.3 million passengers in 2024, passing its 2018 peak.
  • A $950 million terminal modernization is underway, merging the split concourses into one modern gateway over the coming years.
  • The Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting each May and the College World Series each June give Eppley two of the most distinctive traffic surges in US aviation.
  • Southwest, American, Delta, United, Alaska, Allegiant and Frontier all serve the field, named for hotelier Eugene Eppley.
  • Downtown Omaha and the Old Market sit less than 15 minutes from the curb, across the Missouri River flats.
  • On Blindspot, OMA screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays from ~$0.45.

Pricing · updated June 2026

Omaha Eppley Airfield billboards: priced honestly

Per-play prices, not CPM mysteries. Live per-screen pricing and real-time availability are on every card in the platform; the ranges below reflect typical Blindspot pricing as of June 2026.

FormatPrice per playTypical presenceWhy it works
Ticketing hall screens & LEDfrom ~$0.45 per play$100 buys hourly ticketing-hall slotsevery departing heartland traveler
Gate concourse & holdroom screensfrom ~$0.45 per play$100 buys hourly holdroom slotsseated dwell before every departure
Baggage claim & arrivalsfrom ~$0.43 per play$100 buys belt-side reclaim timea captive, recently landed audience
Curb & ground transportfrom ~$0.43 per play$100 buys repeat curbfront exposureevery arrival crossing to downtown
Departures-core spectacularcustomflagship ticketing takeoverdominant share of voice over Nebraska's gateway

No minimums · no contracts · pay per verified play · hourly scheduling per screen

Four things move the price on any Omaha Eppley Airfield (OMA) screen: the format (pricing runs higher on departures-core spectacular than on ticketing hall screens & LED), the zone (Ticketing hall carries the highest footfall premium), the daypart (peak commute and evening hours price above the overnight lull), and how far in advance you book, since the busiest zones and formats sell out first.

What a campaign costs

Omaha Eppley Airfield budgets, three ways

Because pricing is per play and hourly, there's no minimum, but here's what budgets realistically buy. Live numbers per screen are in the platform.

Concourse test

$500-1,800

The holdrooms across a Monday morning business bank

Multi-zone airport push

$8,000-25,000

Ticketing, the checkpoints, both concourses and arrivals together

Berkshire-CWS flagship

$50,000+

Dominant share of voice across the May shareholder weekend and the June series fortnight

FAQ

Omaha Eppley Airfield billboard FAQs

Do I need a permit to advertise at Omaha Eppley Airfield (OMA)?

No. Blindspot books time on screens that are already installed and permitted by their media-owner operators, Clear Channel Airports, Lamar Airport Advertising among them, so you're leasing airtime on an existing structure, not erecting a new one.

Why advertise at Omaha Eppley Airfield?

Omaha Eppley Airfield handles roughly 5.3 million passengers a year, a captive, high-income, hard-to-reach audience that dwells 60–90 minutes with phones often stowed. Few channels deliver that quality of attention.

What are the best placements at Omaha Eppley Airfield?

Arrivals halls and baggage reclaim lead for dwell and recall; departures and security queues for guaranteed exposure to every passenger; concourse and gate holdrooms for long, relaxed attention.

Can I book Omaha Eppley Airfield screens by the hour?

Yes. On Blindspot every Omaha Eppley Airfield screen is bookable by the hour with no minimum, so you can buy only the morning departures bank or the long-haul arrivals windows that match your audience.

Who operates advertising at Omaha Eppley Airfield?

The airport's media is run by operators such as Clear Channel Airports, Lamar Airport Advertising; Blindspot aggregates the bookable digital inventory onto one map, priced per play.

How fast can my ad go live at Omaha Eppley Airfield?

Often within hours: upload, pass creative pre-check, and digital screens need no printing or installation. Approval typically averages around two business days across networks.

What can I get at Omaha Eppley Airfield for $500?

A multi-day hourly presence across a high-dwell concourse or arrivals hall, or a concentrated burst on departures and security screens through the busiest morning banks.

How to book

Live on a Omaha Eppley Airfield screen in three steps

No sales calls, no contracts, self-serve from the map to live creative.

01

Pick screens & hours

Open the map, filter Omaha Eppley Airfield by zone and format, and select the exact screens and the exact hours your audience is out.

02

See the per-play price

Every screen shows its price per play and real-time availability before you commit. Build the plan; the running total is always visible.

03

Upload & go live

Upload creative, pass pre-check, and go live, often within hours. Track verified plays and attribution as the campaign runs.

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