Omaha Eppley Airfield (OMA) with Kids: Every Family Facility, Mapped

No. Eppley Airfield has no children's play area anywhere in the terminal — its official terminal maps, published in May 2026, enumerate every amenity on both levels and carry no play-area symbol, and no page on flyoma.com mentions one either. This is true across both the North and South Terminals created by the current construction split. If a play area is important to your trip, plan on bringing your own toys or activities, because Eppley has nothing built into the terminal for younger children to burn off energy in. The airport's family accommodations run instead toward the Mother's Rooms and the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower programme, neither of which functions as a play space.

Eppley Airfield marks a Mother's Room on both its Level 1 and Level 2 official terminal maps, so there is one before security among the ticket counters and baggage claim, and another past security in the concourses serving both the North and South Terminal split. Beyond that symbol on the map legend, the airport publishes nothing in writing — no exact position, no opening hours, and no description of whether the room has a sink, a power outlet, or space for a stroller. If you need to find one on arrival, check the map screens in the terminal or ask at an information booth, since Eppley gives no walking directions of its own.

No, Eppley Airfield has no sensory room. What it does offer travellers on the autism spectrum is a social narrative written with the Autism Action Partnership, published as a PDF on the airport's accessibility page, which walks through the whole airport process step by step before you travel. Eppley also runs the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower programme, with lanyards, buttons and bracelets available free from the mobile information booths across from the North and South baggage claims — though the airport is explicit that wearing one does not fast-track you through security. If your child needs more support than that, the airport's own contact for help is the Communications Center on 402-661-8100.

Eppley Airfield marks one Family Restroom on its Level 1 terminal map, in the pre-security area among the ticket counters and baggage claim, but the airport publishes no exact position for it and no equivalent symbol appears in the Level 2 concourse key — so a family restroom past security is not evidenced. If you need one before you reach the checkpoint, check the map screens in the terminal or ask at one of the mobile information booths across from baggage claim, since Eppley gives no written directions of its own. Past security, your best documented option is the Level 2 Mother's Room, marked on the concourse map but similarly undescribed.

No. Eppley Airfield is currently split into two temporary terminals for construction, with a separate TSA checkpoint on Level 2 of each — North Terminal for Southwest and United, South Terminal for Alaska, Allegiant, American, Delta and Frontier — and neither advertises a family lane. The airport does run the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower programme, with lanyards available from the mobile information booths at each terminal's baggage claim, but Eppley states plainly that wearing one does not guarantee faster screening. Standard TSA rules for children still apply: kids 12 and under keep shoes, jackets and headwear on, and children 17 and under can join an enrolled adult's PreCheck lane for free.

Eppley Airfield doesn't say, in either direction. The airport neither offers stroller rental nor states that it has none, which leaves the question genuinely open rather than answered — don't assume one will be available when you land. What the official Level 1 terminal map does confirm is Smarte Carte luggage carts, though Eppley publishes no price or exact location for them. If a stroller matters to your trip, the safest plan is to bring your own and gate-check it with your airline, since Eppley also publishes no gate-check policy of its own for strollers.

It depends on your airline, and getting it wrong during the current construction means a walk outside with a stroller. Southwest and United passengers use the North Terminal; Alaska, Allegiant, American, Delta and Frontier passengers use the South Terminal. Both follow the same basic layout — ticket counters and baggage claim on Level 1, the TSA checkpoint and gates on Level 2 — but the Central Terminal that would normally join them is closed while Eppley builds its new Central Pavilion and Unified Concourse. Passenger pick-up and drop-off has also moved to Level 1 of the South Garage during this period, so confirm your terminal and parking plan together before you arrive.

Fold the stroller and put it through the X-ray at whichever checkpoint matches your terminal — Level 2 of the North or South Terminal — the same applies to umbrella strollers, carriers, car seats and booster seats, with anything too large for the machine given a visual and physical inspection instead. Take your child out and carry them through the walk-through metal detector, since you can't be screened by the body scanner while holding a child. Formula, breast milk, toddler drinks and baby food including puree pouches are allowed over 100 ml and don't have to fit in a quart bag; declare them at the start of screening. You can request private screening at any point if your child finds the process difficult.

It's more complicated than usual right now because of construction. Eppley Airfield is temporarily split into North and South Terminals, each with its own ticket counters, baggage claim and checkpoint, and there's no confirmed airside link between the two — going to the wrong one during a connection likely means walking outside and re-screening. Within a single terminal the layout is simple: Level 1 for check-in and bags, Level 2 for security and gates, connected to the garages by skywalks. Once the Central Pavilion and Unified Concourse open, this should simplify significantly, but for now, confirming your airline's terminal before you leave home matters more at Eppley than it does at most airports.