Lincoln Airport in January 2025

68.7%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 163 domestic departures from Lincoln Airport (LNK). 68.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 65.0% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so LNK departures were 10.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 48 departures with 56.3% leaving on time: a change of +12.4 points, with flights up 240%.

Flights arriving at LNK that month were on time 70.6% of the time (163 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 65.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 32.5%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.6%

Every scheduled departure from LNK in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	LNK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	68.7%	56.3%	78.2%	79.3%
Arrived on time	65.0%	58.3%	76.0%	78.6%
Cancelled	1.8%	6.3%	2.1%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	44.0 min	38.6 min	22.3 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	2	9	17,992
Scheduled departures	163	48	3,290	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	163	100%	65.0%	30.2 min	1.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LNK–DEN	Lincoln to Denver	124	62.1%	36.4 min	1.6%
LNK–ORD	Lincoln to Chicago	39	74.4%	10.6 min	2.6%

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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	48.7%	36.2%	3,172
Late-arriving aircraft	36.7%	34.7%	2,390
National Aviation System	9.4%	19.9%	612
Extreme weather	5.2%	9.1%	338
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,512 delay minutes on 53 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 January 2025?

68.7% of 163 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 65.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 56.3% of 48 departures left on time and 6.3% were cancelled, against 68.7% and 1.8% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.