Lincoln Airport in December 2024

82.1%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 173 domestic departures from Lincoln Airport (LNK). 82.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.5% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so LNK departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 71 departures with 74.6% leaving on time: a change of +7.5 points, with flights up 144%.

Flights arriving at LNK that month were on time 84.9% of the time (172 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, late-arriving aircraft 39% and national aviation system 5%.

On time 81.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.3%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	LNK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	82.1%	74.6%	78.2%	77.8%
Arrived on time	81.5%	73.2%	76.0%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.0%	2.1%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.0 min	25.6 min	22.3 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	2	9	19,686
Scheduled departures	173	71	3,290	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	173	100%	81.5%	4.7 min	0.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LNK–DEN	Lincoln to Denver	124	84.7%	0.2 min	0.8%
LNK–ORD	Lincoln to Chicago	49	73.5%	15.9 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	53.3%	34.3%	1,336
Late-arriving aircraft	38.6%	40.2%	967
National Aviation System	4.5%	17.8%	112
Extreme weather	3.6%	7.5%	90
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,505 delay minutes on 30 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 December 2024?

82.1% of 173 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 74.6% of 71 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 82.1% and 0.6% in December 2024.

Provenance

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