Lincoln Airport in May 2024

66.4%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 131 domestic departures from Lincoln Airport (LNK). 66.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.4% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so LNK departures were 7.0 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LNK that month were on time 60.9% of the time (133 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 30% and extreme weather 17%.

On time 66.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.8%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 2.3%

Every scheduled departure from LNK in May 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	LNK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	66.4%	—	78.2%	73.4%
Arrived on time	66.4%	—	76.0%	72.3%
Cancelled	1.5%	—	2.1%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	37.3 min	—	22.3 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	—	9	20,325
Scheduled departures	131	—	3,290	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	131	100%	66.4%	30.3 min	1.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LNK–ORD	Lincoln to Chicago	93	61.3%	41.9 min	2.2%
LNK–DEN	Lincoln to Denver	38	78.9%	2.2 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.1%	29.8%	1,395
Late-arriving aircraft	42.6%	43.0%	1,972
National Aviation System	10.1%	20.1%	466
Extreme weather	17.2%	7.0%	796
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,629 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 LNK on time in May 2024?

66.4% of 131 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 2023 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for LNK · methodology · corrections.