Lincoln Airport in July 2026

80.8%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 365 domestic departures from Lincoln Airport (LNK). 80.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.1% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so LNK departures were 12.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 277 departures with 80.5% leaving on time: a change of +0.3 points, with flights up 32%.

Flights arriving at LNK that month were on time 66.8% of the time (365 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 78.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.7%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	LNK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	80.8%	80.5%	78.2%	68.8%
Arrived on time	78.1%	74.7%	76.0%	69.4%
Cancelled	2.2%	1.1%	2.1%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.9 min	16.3 min	22.3 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	9	9	21,066
Scheduled departures	365	277	3,290	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	365	100%	78.1%	10.7 min	2.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LNK–ORD	Lincoln to Chicago	155	71.6%	19.1 min	5.2%
LNK–DEN	Lincoln to Denver	148	80.4%	10.0 min	0.0%
LNK–DFW	Lincoln to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	88.7%	-7.3 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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	36.6%	31.7%	2,607
Late-arriving aircraft	29.3%	41.8%	2,087
National Aviation System	23.0%	19.9%	1,635
Extreme weather	11.1%	6.5%	789
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

7,118 delay minutes on 72 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 July 2026?

80.8% of 365 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 80.5% of 277 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 80.8% and 2.2% in July 2026.

Provenance

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