Flights Lincoln → Chicago
LNK → ORD
Route overview
The flight route from Lincoln to Chicago has a punctuality rate of 76%, with an average delay of 27.3 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 388 flights servicing one of the world's busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, as Chicago handles approximately 80,071,737 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 Lincoln (LNK) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 481 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 31 minutes. The cancellation rate is 6.65%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Lincoln the average ATFM delay is 4.8 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Lincoln (LNK) to Chicago (ORD) heads east for about 749 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 21m.
Departures from Lincoln on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 50% of LNK-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Lincoln the average ATFM delay is 4.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 481 tracked LNK-ORD flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 31 min and a 6.7% 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 LNK-ORD
On the Lincoln (LNK) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 31 minutes, based on 481 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Lincoln-Chicago is 6.65% 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.
