Lincoln Airport in February 2025

68.1%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 138 domestic departures from Lincoln Airport (LNK). 68.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.7% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so LNK departures were 11.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 55 departures with 85.5% leaving on time: a change of −17.4 points, with flights up 151%.

Flights arriving at LNK that month were on time 60.1% of the time (138 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 41% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 66.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 31.2%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 1.4%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	LNK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	68.1%	85.5%	78.2%	79.2%
Arrived on time	66.7%	96.4%	76.0%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.0%	2.1%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	35.3 min	5.2 min	22.3 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	2	9	16,830
Scheduled departures	138	55	3,290	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	138	100%	66.7%	28.2 min	0.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LNK–DEN	Lincoln to Denver	112	68.8%	29.3 min	0.9%
LNK–ORD	Lincoln to Chicago	26	57.7%	23.9 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	40.7%	33.9%	1,992
Late-arriving aircraft	43.2%	36.9%	2,114
National Aviation System	11.5%	22.5%	561
Extreme weather	4.7%	6.6%	230
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,897 delay minutes on 43 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 February 2025?

68.1% of 138 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 85.5% of 55 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 68.1% and 0.7% in February 2025.

Provenance

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