North Platte, NE

What the Data Says About LBF

North Platte, NE in North Platte, Nebraska handled 7,873 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 85% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 1,180 experienced delays, 139 were cancelled, and 8 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 1.77%, the diversion rate to 0.10%, and the average delay when departures run late is 100.9 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing LBF against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at LBF, Carrier leads the pack. Carrier accounts for 50.0% of total delay minutes, followed by Late Aircraft at 28.7% and NAS (National Aviation System) at 12.5%. Weather contributes 8.8% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.0%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, November runs the cleanest at LBF with a 96.9% on-time rate, while August is the roughest at 91.6% — a 5-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in August, when average flights hit 120. The busiest route from LBF is to LBF (North Platte), with 3,555 flights at a 82.1% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 85% on-time, 100.9-minute average delay, 1.77% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at North Platte, NE.