Lincoln Airport in May 2025

78.3%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 258 domestic departures from Lincoln Airport (LNK). 78.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.3% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so LNK departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 131 departures with 66.4% leaving on time: a change of +11.9 points, with flights up 97%.

Flights arriving at LNK that month were on time 73.6% of the time (258 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, national aviation system 29% and late-arriving aircraft 20%.

On time 73.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.0%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.8%

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

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	LNK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	78.3%	66.4%	78.2%	76.7%
Arrived on time	73.3%	66.4%	76.0%	75.4%
Cancelled	0.0%	1.5%	2.1%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	24.2 min	37.3 min	22.3 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	4	9	20,188
Scheduled departures	258	131	3,290	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	258	100%	73.3%	18.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LNK–DEN	Lincoln to Denver	134	64.9%	22.2 min	0.0%
LNK–ORD	Lincoln to Chicago	124	82.3%	13.9 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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	36.5%	29.3%	2,269
Late-arriving aircraft	20.3%	37.8%	1,261
National Aviation System	29.1%	25.9%	1,805
Extreme weather	14.1%	6.9%	875
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

6,210 delay minutes on 67 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 May 2025?

78.3% of 258 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 66.4% of 131 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 78.3% and 0.0% in May 2025.

Provenance

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