Flights Chicago → Lincoln
ORD → LNK
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Lincoln has a moderate on-time performance rate of 66%, with an average delay of 35.6 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 388 flights serving the relatively low traffic destination airport which handles around 330,020 passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Chicago (ORD) → Lincoln (LNK) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 481 flights monitored in recent months, 66% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 34 minutes. The cancellation rate is 7.28%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 29/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Lincoln the average ATFM delay is 4.8 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Lincoln: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to Lincoln (LNK) heads west for about 749 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 21m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 50% of ORD-LNK flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Lincoln it is 4.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 481 tracked ORD-LNK flights, 66% left on time with an average delay of 34 min and a 7.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about ORD-LNK
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Lincoln (LNK) route, on-time performance is 66% with an average delay of 34 minutes, based on 481 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Lincoln is 7.28% across 481 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
