Lincoln Airport in November 2024

86.2%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 225 domestic departures from Lincoln Airport (LNK). 86.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.1% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so LNK departures were 1.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 86 departures with 86.0% leaving on time: a change of +0.2 points, with flights up 162%.

Flights arriving at LNK that month were on time 76.9% of the time (225 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and extreme weather 14%.

On time 87.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.1%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	LNK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	86.2%	86.0%	78.2%	85.2%
Arrived on time	87.1%	86.0%	76.0%	84.8%
Cancelled	1.8%	0.0%	2.1%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.2 min	12.6 min	22.3 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	3	9	19,180
Scheduled departures	225	86	3,290	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	225	100%	87.1%	-4.0 min	1.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LNK–DEN	Lincoln to Denver	117	82.1%	-1.9 min	2.6%
LNK–ORD	Lincoln to Chicago	108	92.6%	-6.2 min	0.9%

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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	50.1%	36.9%	851
Late-arriving aircraft	26.3%	35.6%	446
National Aviation System	10.1%	21.9%	172
Extreme weather	13.5%	5.4%	229
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,698 delay minutes on 25 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 November 2024?

86.2% of 225 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 86.0% of 86 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 86.2% and 1.8% in November 2024.

Provenance

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