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Liberal, KS

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Liberal, KS (LBL) ranks #301 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Liberal, KS posts top-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

85.9%
On-time
Top 24%
on-time, US airports
92 min
Delay when late
1.73%
Cancelled
#301 of 382
Corpus placement
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LBL on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%85.9%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 56,634.

Late Aircraft 35.7% (20,223 min)
Carrier 44.1% (24,987 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 13.7% (7,768 min)
Weather 6.5% (3,656 min)
Security 0.0% (0 min)

LBL - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: October (95.3%) · worst: August (90.9%)

90%91%92%93%94%95%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 94.5%

LBL - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 95.6% 90.9% ▼ -4.9%

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

Average taxi-out 14.4 min · taxi-in 4.4 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

5 min10 min15 min20 min Jan 24Dec 25 12.4 min 17 min ▲ +37.1%

LBL's average taxi-out (14.4 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 10.8 min (April 2024) to 19.1 min (June 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Liberal, KS.

Cancellation Rate

1.73%

126 of 7,285 flights

Diversion Rate

0.05%

4 of 7,285 flights

Delay Rate

14.1%

1,029 of 7,285 flights

Top Routes from LBL

Busiest routes to and from Liberal, KS.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
DEN (Denver) → LBL (Liberal) 2,454 84.1% 280 mi
LBL (Liberal) → DEN (Denver) 2,149 83.1% 280 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Liberal, KS, both outside Kansas 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: 85.9%).

Gainesville, FL

Gainesville, FL

85.9% on-time 38,353 flights

Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, TN

Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, TN

85.9% on-time 27,896 flights

Lewisburg, WV

Lewisburg, WV

85.9% on-time 3,550 flights

Bend/Redmond, OR

Bend/Redmond, OR

86% on-time 75,747 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 7,285).

Toledo, OH

Toledo, OH

7,268 flights 80.8% on-time

Johnstown, PA

Johnstown, PA

7,267 flights 82.1% on-time

Stockton, CA

Stockton, CA

7,206 flights 72.6% on-time

Laramie, WY

Laramie, WY

7,419 flights 85.3% on-time

Other Airports in Kansas

Compare performance with other Kansas airports.

ICT 82.2%

Wichita, KS

Wichita · 109,987 flights
MHK 85.2%

Manhattan/Ft. Riley, KS

Manhattan/Ft. Riley · 15,042 flights
SLN 81.8%

Salina, KS

Salina · 9,128 flights
GCK 84.8%

Garden City, KS

Garden City · 8,568 flights
HYS 84.6%

Hays, KS

Hays · 8,353 flights
DDC 85.5%

Dodge City, KS

Dodge City · 7,255 flights

LBL delay-share reading

The standout signal at Liberal, KS is the delay mix: Carrier owns 44.1% of 56,634 delay minutes across 7,285 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 85.9% (6.9 pts above the 79% national average), with 1,029 delayed and 126 cancelled (1.73%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (35.7% late-aircraft, 44.1% carrier, 13.7% NAS, 6.5% 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, LBL is strongest in October (95.3% on-time) and weakest in August (90.9%), a 4.4-point swing. Volume peaks in December (~106 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DEN (Denver) at 84.1% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Kansas: Kansas 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 LBL's data

LBL'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 LBL before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in October rather than August if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 14.4 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. 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.