Lincoln Airport in March 2026

67.3%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 251 domestic departures from Lincoln Airport (LNK). 67.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.5% reached their destination on time; 6.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so LNK departures were 5.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 205 departures with 70.2% leaving on time: a change of −2.9 points, with flights up 22%.

Flights arriving at LNK that month were on time 60.6% of the time (251 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and extreme weather 15%.

On time 68.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.7%
Cancelled 6.4%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	LNK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	67.3%	70.2%	78.2%	72.8%
Arrived on time	68.5%	66.8%	76.0%	73.2%
Cancelled	6.4%	5.9%	2.1%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	38.6 min	25.3 min	22.3 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	7	9	20,403
Scheduled departures	251	205	3,290	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	251	100%	68.5%	28.8 min	6.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LNK–ORD	Lincoln to Chicago	127	64.6%	39.7 min	8.7%
LNK–DEN	Lincoln to Denver	124	72.6%	18.3 min	4.0%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	47.6%	33.5%	4,137
Late-arriving aircraft	25.5%	39.3%	2,219
National Aviation System	11.8%	21.0%	1,027
Extreme weather	15.1%	5.9%	1,313
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,696 delay minutes on 62 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 March 2026?

67.3% of 251 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 70.2% of 205 departures left on time and 5.9% were cancelled, against 67.3% and 6.4% in March 2026.

Provenance

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