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Airport · LBF · North Platte, Nebraska

North Platte, NE

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), North Platte, NE (LBF) ranks #291 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). North Platte, NE posts above-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

85%
On-time
Top 33%
on-time, US airports
101 min
Delay when late
1.77%
Cancelled
#291 of 382
Corpus placement
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LBF on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%85%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 70,196.

Late Aircraft 28.7% (20,164 min)
Carrier 50.0% (35,087 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 12.5% (8,746 min)
Weather 8.8% (6,199 min)
Security 0.0% (0 min)

LBF - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: November (96.9%) · worst: August (91.6%)

90%92%94%96%98% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 93.7%

LBF - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

90%92%94%96% 202020212022202320242025 94.7% 91.1% ▼ -3.8%

LBF - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 19.9 min · taxi-in 5.8 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min Jan 24Dec 25 26 min 22 min ▼ -15.4%

LBF's average taxi-out (19.9 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is January 2024 at 26.0 min; the lightest is December 2024 at 14.8 min.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for North Platte, NE.

Cancellation Rate

1.77%

139 of 7,873 flights

Diversion Rate

0.10%

8 of 7,873 flights

Delay Rate

15.0%

1,180 of 7,873 flights

Top Routes from LBF

Busiest routes to and from North Platte, NE.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
DEN (Denver) → LBF (North Platte) 3,555 82.1% 228 mi
LBF (North Platte) → DEN (Denver) 3,555 82.9% 228 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for North Platte, NE, both outside Nebraska so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 85%).

Corpus Christi, TX

Corpus Christi, TX

85% on-time 45,325 flights

Lansing, MI

Lansing, MI

85% on-time 21,361 flights

Hattiesburg/Laurel, MS

Hattiesburg/Laurel, MS

85% on-time 7,551 flights

Grand Junction, CO

Grand Junction, CO

85.1% on-time 47,063 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 7,873).

Devils Lake, ND

Devils Lake, ND

7,845 flights 86.3% on-time

Sheridan, WY

Sheridan, WY

7,839 flights 86.6% on-time

Escanaba, MI

Escanaba, MI

7,922 flights 86.5% on-time

Meridian, MS

Meridian, MS

7,934 flights 84.1% on-time

Other Airports in Nebraska

Compare performance with other Nebraska airports.

OMA 82.5%

Omaha, NE

Omaha · 260,747 flights
LNK 80.3%

Lincoln, NE

Lincoln · 16,123 flights
GRI 82.4%

Grand Island, NE

Grand Island · 11,218 flights
BFF 85.3%

Scottsbluff, NE

Scottsbluff · 7,768 flights
EAR 85.8%

Kearney, NE

Kearney · 5,971 flights

LBF delay-share reading

The standout signal at North Platte, NE is the delay mix: Carrier owns 50.0% of 70,196 delay minutes across 7,873 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 85% (6 pts above the 79% national average), with 1,180 delayed and 139 cancelled (1.77%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (28.7% late-aircraft, 50.0% carrier, 12.5% NAS, 8.8% weather, 0.0% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, LBF is strongest in November (96.9% on-time) and weakest in August (91.6%), a 5.3-point swing. Volume peaks in August (~120 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DEN (Denver) at 82.1% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Nebraska: Nebraska flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using LBF's data

LBF's on-time book is stronger than most peers; the remaining risk sits in the delay mix, not a weak headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from LBF before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in November rather than August if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. January 2024 averaged 26.0 min. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.