Lincoln Airport in October 2024

91.3%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 242 domestic departures from Lincoln Airport (LNK). 91.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.2% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so LNK departures were 5.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 92 departures with 85.9% leaving on time: a change of +5.4 points, with flights up 163%.

Flights arriving at LNK that month were on time 87.2% of the time (242 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 65%, extreme weather 27% and late-arriving aircraft 7%.

On time 87.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.0%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	LNK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	91.3%	85.9%	78.2%	85.5%
Arrived on time	87.2%	91.3%	76.0%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.0%	2.1%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.4 min	12.5 min	22.3 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	3	9	20,517
Scheduled departures	242	92	3,290	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	242	100%	87.2%	-6.0 min	0.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LNK–DEN	Lincoln to Denver	124	86.3%	-6.6 min	0.0%
LNK–ORD	Lincoln to Chicago	118	88.1%	-5.4 min	0.8%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	65.3%	42.7%	1,082
Late-arriving aircraft	7.4%	37.4%	123
National Aviation System	0.2%	16.3%	3
Extreme weather	27.1%	3.4%	448
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,656 delay minutes on 29 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 October 2024?

91.3% of 242 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 85.9% of 92 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 91.3% and 0.4% in October 2024.

Provenance

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