Rickenbacker International in March 2026

69.5%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 105 domestic departures from Rickenbacker International (LCK). 69.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.7% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so LCK departures were 3.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 102 departures with 70.6% leaving on time: a change of −1.1 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at LCK that month were on time 74.3% of the time (105 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 70%, national aviation system 20% and extreme weather 7%.

On time 66.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 32.4%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from LCK in March 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	LCK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	69.5%	70.6%	73.6%	72.8%
Arrived on time	66.7%	71.6%	71.2%	73.2%
Cancelled	1.0%	0.0%	0.4%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	26.5 min	34.5 min	26.7 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	3	3	20,403
Scheduled departures	105	102	1,135	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	105	100%	66.7%	19.7 min	1.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LCK–PGD	Columbus to Punta Gorda	24	70.8%	0.6 min	0.0%
LCK–PIE	Columbus to St. Petersburg	15	66.7%	18.9 min	0.0%
LCK–SFB	Columbus to Sanford	15	46.7%	90.2 min	0.0%
LCK–SRQ	Columbus to Sarasota/Bradenton	12	66.7%	2.8 min	0.0%
LCK–FLL	Columbus to Fort Lauderdale	11	27.3%	51.5 min	9.1%
LCK–SAV	Columbus to Savannah	11	90.9%	-7.7 min	0.0%
LCK–VPS	Columbus to Valparaiso	11	81.8%	1.3 min	0.0%
LCK–MYR	Columbus to Myrtle Beach	6	100.0%	-12.5 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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	2.8%	33.5%	81
Late-arriving aircraft	69.8%	39.3%	1,996
National Aviation System	20.2%	21.0%	578
Extreme weather	7.1%	5.9%	204
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,859 delay minutes on 34 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 2026?

69.5% of 105 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 70.6% of 102 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 69.5% and 1.0% in March 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2026; 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.