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Lincoln Airport (LNK) delays & on-time performance

Lincoln, Nebraska · 5 nonstop destinations · 1 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at LNK right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.

On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.1%
68 flights
Avg arrival delay
23 min
101 min when late
Departed on time
80%
avg taxi-out 22 min

Figures cover 3,290 departures from LNK; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into LNK were on time 70% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing Lincoln Airport (LNK) arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, in line with the national average.
  • 2.1% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
  • Departures scheduled around 6am did best (88% on time); around 3pm did worst (62%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (38%).

Most delayed routes from LNK

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 5 routes from LNK →

Most reliable routes from LNK

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at LNK

Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
SkyWest Airlines78%2.1%23 min53,290

Best time to fly out of LNK

On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).

  • 5am83%112 flts
  • 6am88%706 flts
  • 7am83%346 flts
  • 8am82%49 flts
  • 9am78%335 flts
  • 10am77%70 flts
  • 11am73%435 flts
  • 1pm84%386 flts
  • 2pm83%58 flts
  • 3pm62%354 flts
  • 5pm65%374 flts
  • 6pm63%51 flts

Monthly trend

50%75%100%July 2025: 76.4% on time, 1.1% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 72.4% on time, 1.5% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 85.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 82.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 81.0% on time, 6.1% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 67.6% on time, 1.2% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 77.2% on time, 1.2% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 80.0% on time, 0.5% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 73.5% on time, 6.4% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 73.8% on time, 3.3% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 76.6% on time, 1.1% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 82.0% on time, 1.5% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 79.8% on time, 2.2% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)38%
  • Late-arriving aircraft26%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion20%
  • Extreme weather16%
  • Security0%

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.