Lincoln Airport in December 2025

69.3%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 244 domestic departures from Lincoln Airport (LNK). 69.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.8% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so LNK departures were 2.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 173 departures with 82.1% leaving on time: a change of −12.8 points, with flights up 41%.

Flights arriving at LNK that month were on time 59.0% of the time (244 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 66.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 32.0%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	LNK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	69.3%	82.1%	78.2%	72.0%
Arrived on time	66.8%	81.5%	76.0%	71.9%
Cancelled	1.2%	0.6%	2.1%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	45.2 min	17.0 min	22.3 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	6	9	19,410
Scheduled departures	244	173	3,290	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	244	100%	66.8%	35.2 min	1.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LNK–DEN	Lincoln to Denver	124	76.6%	19.4 min	0.0%
LNK–ORD	Lincoln to Chicago	120	56.7%	51.9 min	2.5%

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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	40.1%	33.3%	4,343
Late-arriving aircraft	36.0%	41.1%	3,901
National Aviation System	14.2%	19.1%	1,536
Extreme weather	9.7%	6.4%	1,054
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

10,834 delay minutes on 78 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 December 2025?

69.3% of 244 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 82.1% of 173 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 69.3% and 1.2% in December 2025.

Provenance

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