Best time to fly Lincoln to Chicago

Every month pooled across the years on record, so "July" means July generally rather than one particular July. Full LNK to ORD record →

Best month

October

84.8% on time · 244 flights

Worst month

December

62.7% on time · 169 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 157 75.2% 1.91% 102 min
February 136 75.7% 0% 81 min
March 208 70.7% 7.21% 125 min
April 270 76.2% 3.33% 136 min
May 275 77.5% 1.09% 91 min
June 265 78.8% 1.89% 65 min
July 214 78.3% 0.47% 100 min
August 214 78% 2.34% 85 min
September 210 83.7% 0% 76 min
October 244 84.8% 0.41% 38 min
November 254 82.2% 4.33% 95 min
December 169 62.7% 1.78% 128 min

What a seasonal pattern can and cannot tell you

Months differ for reasons that repeat — summer thunderstorms in the American interior, winter fog and de-icing in northern Europe, school holidays filling every seat and leaving no slack in the schedule. Those are real and they come back each year.

What the pattern cannot do is forecast a particular flight. A quiet month has late days and a bad month has punctual ones. Treat this as a way to choose between two dates you are indifferent about, not as a promise.