OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Lincoln to Denver

423 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on LNK–DEN arrive on time 77% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate77%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay65 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.1%of scheduled flights

based on 1,598 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights1,598

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline42%
  • Weather12%
  • Air traffic (NAS)22%
  • Late aircraft24%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather72%
  • Air traffic (NAS)28%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 18 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly LNK → DEN

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 61% to 82% on time.

  • Middays82% on time · p90 35 min · 894 flights
  • Mornings81% on time · p90 50 min · 1,470 flights
  • Evenings61% on time · p90 115 min · 718 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 75% to 78% on time.

  • Tuesdays78% on time · p90 70 min · 442 flights
  • Saturdays78% on time · p90 60 min · 436 flights
  • Wednesdays77% on time · p90 65 min · 443 flights
  • Sundays76% on time · p90 60 min · 445 flights
  • Mondays76% on time · p90 55 min · 444 flights
  • Thursdays75% on time · p90 60 min · 446 flights
  • Fridays75% on time · p90 60 min · 448 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.