Lincoln Airport in June 2026

82.0%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 June 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 344 domestic departures from Lincoln Airport (LNK). 82.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.5% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.2% of flights departed on time and 72.8% arrived on time, so LNK departures were 9.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in June 2025, the airport had 270 departures with 74.4% leaving on time: a change of +7.6 points, with flights up 27%.

Flights arriving at LNK that month were on time 67.9% of the time (346 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 52%, national aviation system 20% and late-arriving aircraft 14%.

On time 80.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.7%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Jun 2026	Jun 2025	LNK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jun 2026
Departed on time	82.0%	74.4%	78.2%	72.2%
Arrived on time	80.5%	70.7%	76.0%	72.8%
Cancelled	1.5%	1.1%	2.1%	1.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.8 min	25.4 min	22.3 min	20.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	9	9	20,253
Scheduled departures	344	270	3,290	607,577

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	344	100%	80.5%	3.3 min	1.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LNK–DEN	Lincoln to Denver	146	82.9%	1.2 min	0.0%
LNK–ORD	Lincoln to Chicago	145	80.7%	-1.6 min	2.8%
LNK–DFW	Lincoln to Dallas/Fort Worth	53	73.6%	22.9 min	1.9%

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), June 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jun 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	51.6%	30.8%	2,286
Late-arriving aircraft	14.4%	42.1%	639
National Aviation System	20.3%	20.3%	898
Extreme weather	13.7%	6.7%	608
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,431 delay minutes on 61 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 June 2026?

82.0% of 344 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.2% and 72.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In June 2025, 74.4% of 270 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 82.0% and 1.5% in June 2026.

Provenance

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