Rickenbacker International in May 2026

72.5%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 102 domestic departures from Rickenbacker International (LCK). 72.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.6% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so LCK departures were 4.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 108 departures with 63.9% leaving on time: a change of +8.6 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at LCK that month were on time 73.5% of the time (102 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 76%, national aviation system 13% and air carrier 9%.

On time 67.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 32.4%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	LCK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	72.5%	63.9%	73.6%	77.1%
Arrived on time	67.6%	63.0%	71.2%	77.6%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.5 min	31.2 min	26.7 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	3	4	3	20,391
Scheduled departures	102	108	1,135	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	102	100%	67.6%	25.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LCK–MYR	Columbus to Myrtle Beach	15	86.7%	1.3 min	0.0%
LCK–PIE	Columbus to St. Petersburg	15	73.3%	84.8 min	0.0%
LCK–SFB	Columbus to Sanford	13	76.9%	1.5 min	0.0%
LCK–VPS	Columbus to Valparaiso	13	46.2%	22.7 min	0.0%
LCK–PGD	Columbus to Punta Gorda	12	58.3%	20.4 min	0.0%
LCK–SAV	Columbus to Savannah	12	91.7%	-9.4 min	0.0%
LCK–FLL	Columbus to Fort Lauderdale	9	0.0%	93.7 min	0.0%
LCK–SRQ	Columbus to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	88.9%	-10.1 min	0.0%
LCK–EYW	Columbus to Key West	4	75.0%	16.5 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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	8.8%	33.0%	274
Late-arriving aircraft	76.0%	40.4%	2,381
National Aviation System	12.8%	20.5%	402
Extreme weather	2.4%	6.0%	74
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,131 delay minutes on 33 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 2026?

72.5% of 102 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 63.9% of 108 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 72.5% and 0.0% in May 2026.

Provenance

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