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Airport · LNK · Lincoln, Nebraska

Lincoln, NE

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Lincoln, NE (LNK) ranks #222 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Lincoln, NE posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

80.3%
On-time
Top 83%
on-time, US airports
96 min
Delay when late
1.32%
Cancelled
#222 of 382
Corpus placement
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LNK on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%80.3%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 145,377.

Late Aircraft 23.2% (33,736 min)
Carrier 48.5% (70,529 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 19.2% (27,877 min)
Weather 9.0% (13,123 min)
Security 0.1% (112 min)

LNK - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: October (94%) · worst: January (88%)

86%88%90%92%94%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 88.9%

LNK - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 95.7% 89.1% ▼ -6.9%

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

Average taxi-out 21.1 min · taxi-in 5.4 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

15 min20 min25 min30 min Jan 24Dec 25 25.3 min 24.6 min ▼ -2.8%

LNK's average taxi-out (21.1 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is February 2025 at 27.3 min; the lightest is April 2024 at 16.3 min.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Lincoln, NE.

Cancellation Rate

1.32%

213 of 16,123 flights

Diversion Rate

0.18%

29 of 16,123 flights

Delay Rate

19.7%

3,170 of 16,123 flights

Top Routes from LNK

Busiest routes to and from Lincoln, NE.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
LNK (Lincoln) → ORD (Chicago) 3,891 81.2% 466 mi
ORD (Chicago) → LNK (Lincoln) 3,831 76.5% 466 mi
DEN (Denver) → LNK (Lincoln) 2,992 76% 423 mi
LNK (Lincoln) → DEN (Denver) 2,959 78.4% 423 mi
LNK (Lincoln) → MSP (Minneapolis) 804 90% 331 mi
MSP (Minneapolis) → LNK (Lincoln) 803 90.3% 331 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Lincoln, 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: 80.3%).

Columbia, MO

Columbia, MO

80.3% on-time 19,935 flights

Worcester, MA

Worcester, MA

80.3% on-time 12,995 flights

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville, FL

80.4% on-time 316,106 flights

Colorado Springs, CO

Colorado Springs, CO

80.4% on-time 134,711 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 16,123).

Mosinee, WI

Mosinee, WI

16,116 flights 87.4% on-time

San Angelo, TX

San Angelo, TX

16,218 flights 86% on-time

Redding, CA

Redding, CA

16,709 flights 85.8% on-time

Waco, TX

Waco, TX

15,417 flights 85.4% on-time

Other Airports in Nebraska

Compare performance with other Nebraska airports.

OMA 82.5%

Omaha, NE

Omaha · 260,747 flights
GRI 82.4%

Grand Island, NE

Grand Island · 11,218 flights
LBF 85%

North Platte, NE

North Platte · 7,873 flights
BFF 85.3%

Scottsbluff, NE

Scottsbluff · 7,768 flights
EAR 85.8%

Kearney, NE

Kearney · 5,971 flights

LNK delay-share reading

The standout signal at Lincoln, NE is the delay mix: Carrier owns 48.5% of 145,377 delay minutes across 16,123 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 80.3% (1.3 pts above the 79% national average), with 3,170 delayed and 213 cancelled (1.32%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (23.2% late-aircraft, 48.5% carrier, 19.2% NAS, 9.0% weather, 0.1% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, LNK is strongest in October (94% on-time) and weakest in January (88%), a 6.0-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~323 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ORD (Chicago) at 81.2% 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 LNK's data

LNK's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from LNK before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in October rather than January if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. February 2025 averaged 27.3 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.