Rickenbacker International in May 2025

63.9%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 108 domestic departures from Rickenbacker International (LCK). 63.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 63.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so LCK departures were 12.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 85 departures with 78.8% leaving on time: a change of −14.9 points, with flights up 27%.

Flights arriving at LCK that month were on time 70.4% of the time (108 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 63.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 36.1%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.9%

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

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	LCK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	63.9%	78.8%	73.6%	76.7%
Arrived on time	63.0%	76.5%	71.2%	75.4%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	31.2 min	36.2 min	26.7 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	3	3	20,188
Scheduled departures	108	85	1,135	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	108	100%	63.0%	25.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LCK–PIE	Columbus to St. Petersburg	17	64.7%	66.4 min	0.0%
LCK–PGD	Columbus to Punta Gorda	16	68.8%	21.3 min	0.0%
LCK–SFB	Columbus to Sanford	15	26.7%	48.4 min	0.0%
LCK–MYR	Columbus to Myrtle Beach	14	50.0%	25.2 min	0.0%
LCK–VPS	Columbus to Valparaiso	14	71.4%	-2.1 min	0.0%
LCK–SAV	Columbus to Savannah	11	81.8%	-6.6 min	0.0%
LCK–FLL	Columbus to Fort Lauderdale	9	66.7%	34.8 min	0.0%
LCK–SRQ	Columbus to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	88.9%	-5.2 min	0.0%
LCK–CHS	Columbus to Charleston	3	66.7%	18.3 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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.9%	29.3%	1,168
Late-arriving aircraft	48.1%	37.8%	1,708
National Aviation System	10.8%	25.9%	382
Extreme weather	8.1%	6.9%	288
Security	0.1%	0.1%	3

3,549 delay minutes on 39 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 May 2025?

63.9% of 108 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 63.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 78.8% of 85 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 63.9% and 0.0% in May 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.