Lincoln Airport in April 2025

77.9%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 240 domestic departures from Lincoln Airport (LNK). 77.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.6% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so LNK departures were 2.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 90 departures with 80.0% leaving on time: a change of −2.1 points, with flights up 167%.

Flights arriving at LNK that month were on time 76.7% of the time (240 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, national aviation system 33% and late-arriving aircraft 10%.

On time 74.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.0%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	LNK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	77.9%	80.0%	78.2%	80.6%
Arrived on time	74.6%	82.2%	76.0%	79.5%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.0%	2.1%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	24.0 min	43.2 min	22.3 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	3	9	19,465
Scheduled departures	240	90	3,290	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	240	100%	74.6%	15.0 min	0.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LNK–DEN	Lincoln to Denver	120	68.3%	15.6 min	0.8%
LNK–ORD	Lincoln to Chicago	120	80.8%	14.3 min	0.0%

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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	50.5%	32.7%	2,836
Late-arriving aircraft	10.0%	39.4%	561
National Aviation System	33.2%	22.2%	1,867
Extreme weather	6.3%	5.5%	353
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,617 delay minutes on 60 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 April 2025?

77.9% of 240 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 80.0% of 90 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 77.9% and 0.4% in April 2025.

Provenance

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