Omaha airport terminal evacuated after threat reported

Passengers put on buses to keep warm during security sweep; Eppley Airfield operations returned to normal after about an hour

Monday, January 26th 2026, 2:14 PM CST

By 1011 Now

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A security threat prompted an evacuation at Eppley Airfield on Monday morning for more than a hour.

Steve McCoy with the Omaha Airport Authority confirmed to First Alert 6 that the threat about an Eppley Airfield terminal “was communicated” at about 8:20 a.m.

“In an abundance of caution, the pre-security areas of the terminal were temporarily evacuated,” he said in an email. “Eppley Police worked with Omaha Police, TSA, and FBI to resolve the issue.”

First Alert 6 saw several police cars outside the terminal, and a large police presence inside the terminal.

Given the extreme cold, authorities put evacuating passengers on buses to keep them out of the elements.

McCoy said things went back to normal at about 9:25 a.m. after authorities completed a security sweep of the airport.

A handful of flights out of Eppley Airfield had already been canceled Monday after a massive winter storm made for a brutal travel day Sunday. Affected destinations out of Eppley include: Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Minneapolis, and New York.

According to The Associated Press, more than 11,400 flights were canceled on Sunday due to weather.