Lincoln Airport in September 2025

87.8%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 262 domestic departures from Lincoln Airport (LNK). 87.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.7% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so LNK departures were 4.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 214 departures with 86.4% leaving on time: a change of +1.4 points, with flights up 22%.

Flights arriving at LNK that month were on time 80.5% of the time (262 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, national aviation system 26% and extreme weather 16%.

On time 84.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.5%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.8%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	LNK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	87.8%	86.4%	78.2%	83.1%
Arrived on time	84.7%	87.4%	76.0%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	2.1%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.7 min	18.3 min	22.3 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	7	9	18,748
Scheduled departures	262	214	3,290	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	262	100%	84.7%	-1.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LNK–DEN	Lincoln to Denver	145	86.2%	-3.8 min	0.0%
LNK–ORD	Lincoln to Chicago	116	82.8%	2.5 min	0.0%
LNK–DTW	Lincoln to Detroit	1	100.0%	-1.0 min	0.0%

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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	42.7%	34.3%	1,156
Late-arriving aircraft	15.0%	37.4%	407
National Aviation System	26.1%	22.6%	706
Extreme weather	16.1%	5.6%	436
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,705 delay minutes on 38 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 September 2025?

87.8% of 262 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 86.4% of 214 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 87.8% and 0.0% in September 2025.

Provenance

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