Lincoln Airport in March 2025

70.2%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 205 domestic departures from Lincoln Airport (LNK). 70.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.8% reached their destination on time; 5.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so LNK departures were 9.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 43 departures with 88.4% leaving on time: a change of −18.2 points, with flights up 377%.

Flights arriving at LNK that month were on time 70.5% of the time (207 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 32%, national aviation system 31% and extreme weather 20%.

On time 66.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.3%
Cancelled 5.9%
Diverted 1.0%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	LNK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	70.2%	88.4%	78.2%	79.9%
Arrived on time	66.8%	86.0%	76.0%	79.3%
Cancelled	5.9%	0.0%	2.1%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.3 min	16.5 min	22.3 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	1	9	20,029
Scheduled departures	205	43	3,290	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	205	100%	66.8%	12.6 min	5.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LNK–DEN	Lincoln to Denver	124	67.7%	7.8 min	6.5%
LNK–ORD	Lincoln to Chicago	81	65.4%	19.9 min	4.9%

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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.4%	33.0%	1,431
Late-arriving aircraft	16.4%	39.2%	724
National Aviation System	31.0%	21.9%	1,373
Extreme weather	20.2%	5.9%	894
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,422 delay minutes on 54 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 March 2025?

70.2% of 205 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 88.4% of 43 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 70.2% and 5.9% in March 2025.

Provenance

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