DTW to LNK flight delays
Detroit, MI (DTW) Lincoln, NE (LNK) · 701 miles
1 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
This route flew fewer than 50 times in the period, which is too few for an on-time rate to mean anything. The figures below are shown as recorded, but the route is not graded.
100%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
7 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Flights from Detroit to Lincoln are among the most dependable in the record. A route this punctual is usually a short hop between airports with slots to spare.
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from DTW overall run 19.8 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion DTW has, this route is largely escaping it.
Every airline on DTW to LNK
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 1 | 100% | 0% | — | — |
The return leg
LNK to DTW Lincoln back to Detroit 100% on time —Other routes from Detroit
Common questions
Are flights from Detroit to Lincoln usually delayed?
100% of flights on the DTW to LNK route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
How often are DTW to LNK flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on DTW to LNK during July 2024 – July 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →