Lincoln Airport in July 2025

80.5%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 277 domestic departures from Lincoln Airport (LNK). 80.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.7% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so LNK departures were 10.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 215 departures with 80.0% leaving on time: a change of +0.5 points, with flights up 29%.

Flights arriving at LNK that month were on time 64.6% of the time (277 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 54%, air carrier 29% and late-arriving aircraft 10%.

On time 74.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.1%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 1.1%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	LNK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	80.5%	80.0%	78.2%	69.7%
Arrived on time	74.7%	78.1%	76.0%	69.0%
Cancelled	1.1%	0.0%	2.1%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.3 min	19.8 min	22.3 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	7	9	21,048
Scheduled departures	277	215	3,290	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	277	100%	74.7%	11.5 min	1.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LNK–DEN	Lincoln to Denver	154	72.1%	9.3 min	1.3%
LNK–ORD	Lincoln to Chicago	123	78.0%	14.2 min	0.8%

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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	28.9%	31.1%	1,484
Late-arriving aircraft	10.4%	40.8%	537
National Aviation System	54.2%	20.7%	2,785
Extreme weather	6.5%	7.3%	333
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,139 delay minutes on 64 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 July 2025?

80.5% of 277 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 80.0% of 215 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 80.5% and 1.1% in July 2025.

Provenance

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