Kearney, NE

What the Data Says About EAR

Kearney, NE in Kearney, Nebraska handled 5,971 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 85.8% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 845 experienced delays, 63 were cancelled, and 12 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 1.06%, the diversion rate to 0.20%, and the average delay when departures run late is 113.5 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing EAR against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at EAR, Carrier leads the pack. Carrier accounts for 55.2% of total delay minutes, followed by Late Aircraft at 25.6% and Weather at 12.5%. Weather contributes 12.5% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.1%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, March runs the cleanest at EAR with a 96.3% on-time rate, while February is the roughest at 91.9% — a 4-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in January, when average flights hit 142. The busiest route from EAR is to EAR (Kearney), with 1,952 flights at a 82.5% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 85.8% on-time, 113.5-minute average delay, 1.06% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Kearney, NE.