Rickenbacker International in August 2025

75.4%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 118 domestic departures from Rickenbacker International (LCK). 75.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.9% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so LCK departures were 1.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 92 departures with 63.0% leaving on time: a change of +12.4 points, with flights up 28%.

Flights arriving at LCK that month were on time 78.8% of the time (118 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 40% and national aviation system 7%.

On time 66.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 32.2%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.8%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	LCK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	75.4%	63.0%	73.6%	76.8%
Arrived on time	66.9%	62.0%	71.2%	76.3%
Cancelled	0.0%	6.5%	0.4%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	47.0 min	25.5 min	26.7 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	3	3	20,079
Scheduled departures	118	92	1,135	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	118	100%	66.9%	45.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LCK–PIE	Columbus to St. Petersburg	22	72.7%	90.0 min	0.0%
LCK–MYR	Columbus to Myrtle Beach	20	70.0%	4.5 min	0.0%
LCK–VPS	Columbus to Valparaiso	19	78.9%	0.4 min	0.0%
LCK–SFB	Columbus to Sanford	15	26.7%	134.8 min	0.0%
LCK–SAV	Columbus to Savannah	13	84.6%	-6.7 min	0.0%
LCK–PGD	Columbus to Punta Gorda	11	63.6%	8.5 min	0.0%
LCK–SRQ	Columbus to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	88.9%	-6.7 min	0.0%
LCK–FLL	Columbus to Fort Lauderdale	5	80.0%	6.0 min	0.0%
LCK–CHS	Columbus to Charleston	4	0.0%	306.3 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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	51.2%	33.1%	3,044
Late-arriving aircraft	39.5%	40.5%	2,350
National Aviation System	7.2%	19.2%	429
Extreme weather	2.1%	7.0%	125
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,948 delay minutes on 38 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 August 2025?

75.4% of 118 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 63.0% of 92 departures left on time and 6.5% were cancelled, against 75.4% and 0.0% in August 2025.

Provenance

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