Lincoln Airport in November 2025

78.0%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 264 domestic departures from Lincoln Airport (LNK). 78.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.8% reached their destination on time; 6.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so LNK departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 225 departures with 86.2% leaving on time: a change of −8.2 points, with flights up 17%.

Flights arriving at LNK that month were on time 70.8% of the time (264 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 49%, late-arriving aircraft 19% and air carrier 18%.

On time 75.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.8%
Cancelled 6.1%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	LNK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	78.0%	86.2%	78.2%	78.1%
Arrived on time	75.8%	87.1%	76.0%	77.3%
Cancelled	6.1%	1.8%	2.1%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.5 min	9.2 min	22.3 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	8	9	19,018
Scheduled departures	264	225	3,290	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	264	100%	75.8%	7.6 min	6.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LNK–ORD	Lincoln to Chicago	146	67.8%	20.8 min	6.8%
LNK–DEN	Lincoln to Denver	117	86.3%	-8.7 min	5.1%
LNK–LAX	Lincoln to Los Angeles	1	0.0%	26.0 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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	18.0%	30.2%	775
Late-arriving aircraft	18.9%	38.3%	813
National Aviation System	48.8%	26.7%	2,101
Extreme weather	14.4%	4.6%	619
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,308 delay minutes on 47 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 November 2025?

78.0% of 264 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 86.2% of 225 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 78.0% and 6.1% in November 2025.

Provenance

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