Lincoln Airport in February 2026

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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 221 domestic departures from Lincoln Airport (LNK). 80.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.6% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so LNK departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 138 departures with 68.1% leaving on time: a change of +12.4 points, with flights up 60%.

Flights arriving at LNK that month were on time 70.1% of the time (221 scheduled arrivals).

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

On time 79.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.9%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from LNK in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	LNK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	80.5%	68.1%	78.2%	78.1%
Arrived on time	79.6%	66.7%	76.0%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.7%	2.1%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	26.4 min	35.3 min	22.3 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	5	9	17,168
Scheduled departures	221	138	3,290	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	221	100%	79.6%	15.5 min	0.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LNK–DEN	Lincoln to Denver	111	79.3%	22.4 min	0.9%
LNK–ORD	Lincoln to Chicago	110	80.0%	8.5 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	25.4%	38.2%	1,448
Late-arriving aircraft	40.3%	37.2%	2,295
National Aviation System	9.0%	18.5%	510
Extreme weather	25.3%	6.0%	1,442
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,695 delay minutes on 44 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 February 2026?

80.5% of 221 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 68.1% of 138 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 80.5% and 0.5% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.