Flights Denver → Lincoln
DEN → LNK
Route overview
The flight route from Denver to Lincoln has a 77% on-time arrival rate, with an average delay of 19.3 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the past year, there have been 355 total flights on this route, connecting the city of Denver, whose airport opened in 1989, to Lincoln, a destination served by an airport that handles approximately 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 Denver (DEN) → Lincoln (LNK) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 448 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.57%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.6/100 (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 Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Lincoln: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Denver (DEN) to Lincoln (LNK) heads east for about 679 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 16m.
Departures from Denver on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 54% of DEN-LNK flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Lincoln it is 4.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 448 tracked DEN-LNK flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 3.6% 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 DEN-LNK
On the Denver (DEN) -> Lincoln (LNK) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 448 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Denver-Lincoln is 3.57% across 448 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.
