Lincoln Airport in August 2025

72.8%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 272 domestic departures from Lincoln Airport (LNK). 72.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.3% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so LNK departures were 4.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 217 departures with 75.6% leaving on time: a change of −2.8 points, with flights up 25%.

Flights arriving at LNK that month were on time 67.6% of the time (272 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 71.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.2%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	LNK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	72.8%	75.6%	78.2%	76.8%
Arrived on time	71.3%	75.6%	76.0%	76.3%
Cancelled	1.5%	0.9%	2.1%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.5 min	23.4 min	22.3 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	7	9	20,079
Scheduled departures	272	217	3,290	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	272	100%	71.3%	15.2 min	1.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LNK–DEN	Lincoln to Denver	151	68.9%	20.0 min	0.7%
LNK–ORD	Lincoln to Chicago	121	74.4%	9.1 min	2.5%

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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	40.3%	33.1%	2,513
Late-arriving aircraft	28.3%	40.5%	1,761
National Aviation System	25.3%	19.2%	1,578
Extreme weather	6.1%	7.0%	380
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

6,232 delay minutes on 74 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 August 2025?

72.8% of 272 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 75.6% of 217 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 72.8% and 1.5% in August 2025.

Provenance

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