Rickenbacker International in July 2025

62.3%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 162 domestic departures from Rickenbacker International (LCK). 62.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 60.5% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so LCK departures were 7.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 131 departures with 71.0% leaving on time: a change of −8.7 points, with flights up 24%.

Flights arriving at LCK that month were on time 67.3% of the time (162 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 60%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 60.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 38.9%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	LCK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	62.3%	71.0%	73.6%	69.7%
Arrived on time	60.5%	58.8%	71.2%	69.0%
Cancelled	0.6%	3.8%	0.4%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	38.8 min	27.3 min	26.7 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	4	3	21,048
Scheduled departures	162	131	1,135	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	162	100%	60.5%	34.9 min	0.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LCK–PIE	Columbus to St. Petersburg	26	50.0%	28.8 min	0.0%
LCK–MYR	Columbus to Myrtle Beach	25	56.0%	19.9 min	4.0%
LCK–VPS	Columbus to Valparaiso	23	60.9%	22.2 min	0.0%
LCK–PGD	Columbus to Punta Gorda	19	52.6%	19.2 min	0.0%
LCK–SAV	Columbus to Savannah	18	83.3%	18.9 min	0.0%
LCK–SFB	Columbus to Sanford	18	50.0%	89.2 min	0.0%
LCK–SRQ	Columbus to Sarasota/Bradenton	14	100.0%	-15.6 min	0.0%
LCK–FLL	Columbus to Fort Lauderdale	11	45.5%	53.6 min	0.0%
LCK–CHS	Columbus to Charleston	8	50.0%	150.6 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	28.3%	31.1%	1,801
Late-arriving aircraft	59.9%	40.8%	3,808
National Aviation System	8.1%	20.7%	512
Extreme weather	3.8%	7.3%	239
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

6,360 delay minutes on 63 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 July 2025?

62.3% of 162 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 60.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 71.0% of 131 departures left on time and 3.8% were cancelled, against 62.3% and 0.6% in July 2025.

Provenance

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