Lincoln Airport in September 2024

86.4%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 214 domestic departures from Lincoln Airport (LNK). 86.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.4% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so LNK departures were 2.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 102 departures with 81.4% leaving on time: a change of +5.0 points, with flights up 110%.

Flights arriving at LNK that month were on time 84.1% of the time (214 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 72%, late-arriving aircraft 18% and extreme weather 5%.

On time 87.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.6%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	LNK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	86.4%	81.4%	78.2%	84.4%
Arrived on time	87.4%	80.4%	76.0%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	2.1%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.3 min	15.4 min	22.3 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	3	9	19,421
Scheduled departures	214	102	3,290	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	214	100%	87.4%	3.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LNK–DEN	Lincoln to Denver	120	90.0%	-0.5 min	0.0%
LNK–ORD	Lincoln to Chicago	94	84.0%	7.6 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	72.2%	38.6%	2,445
Late-arriving aircraft	17.9%	38.4%	607
National Aviation System	4.7%	18.2%	158
Extreme weather	5.2%	4.8%	176
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,386 delay minutes on 27 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 September 2024?

86.4% of 214 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 81.4% of 102 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 86.4% and 0.0% in September 2024.

Provenance

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