Rickenbacker International in March 2025

70.6%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 102 domestic departures from Rickenbacker International (LCK). 70.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.6% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so LCK departures were 9.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 84 departures with 66.7% leaving on time: a change of +3.9 points, with flights up 21%.

Flights arriving at LCK that month were on time 75.5% of the time (102 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, security 29% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 71.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.4%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from LCK in March 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	LCK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	70.6%	66.7%	73.6%	79.9%
Arrived on time	71.6%	70.2%	71.2%	79.3%
Cancelled	0.0%	2.4%	0.4%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	34.5 min	20.8 min	26.7 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	3	3	3	20,029
Scheduled departures	102	84	1,135	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	102	100%	71.6%	25.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LCK–PGD	Columbus to Punta Gorda	22	68.2%	73.7 min	0.0%
LCK–PIE	Columbus to St. Petersburg	19	57.9%	18.6 min	0.0%
LCK–SFB	Columbus to Sanford	16	81.3%	5.5 min	0.0%
LCK–SAV	Columbus to Savannah	12	75.0%	-7.0 min	0.0%
LCK–SRQ	Columbus to Sarasota/Bradenton	12	83.3%	5.3 min	0.0%
LCK–VPS	Columbus to Valparaiso	12	83.3%	4.8 min	0.0%
LCK–FLL	Columbus to Fort Lauderdale	9	55.6%	57.9 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	12.9%	33.0%	436
Late-arriving aircraft	41.6%	39.2%	1,405
National Aviation System	15.9%	21.9%	539
Extreme weather	0.3%	5.9%	10
Security	29.3%	0.1%	990

3,380 delay minutes on 29 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left LCK on time in March 2025?

70.6% of 102 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 66.7% of 84 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 70.6% and 0.0% in March 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for LCK · methodology · corrections.