OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Chicago to Lincoln

466 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ORD–LNK arrive on time 61% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate61%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay110 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.7%of scheduled flights

based on 1,528 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time61%
    Medianon time
    p90110 min
    Cancel2.7%
    Flights1,528

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline29%
  • Weather11%
  • Air traffic (NAS)21%
  • Late aircraft39%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather86%
  • Air traffic (NAS)14%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 42 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 ORD → LNK

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 57% to 75% on time.

  • Mornings75% on time · p90 50 min · 1,054 flights
  • Middays75% on time · p90 50 min · 960 flights
  • Overnights68% on time · p90 70 min · 521 flights
  • Afternoons63% on time · p90 110 min · 542 flights
  • Evenings57% on time · p90 115 min · 440 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 66% to 75% on time.

  • Tuesdays75% on time · p90 65 min · 502 flights
  • Wednesdays73% on time · p90 65 min · 496 flights
  • Thursdays72% on time · p90 80 min · 503 flights
  • Saturdays72% on time · p90 55 min · 485 flights
  • Sundays67% on time · p90 85 min · 505 flights
  • Fridays67% on time · p90 60 min · 513 flights
  • Mondays66% on time · p90 95 min · 513 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.