Flights Lincoln → Denver
LNK → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Lincoln to Denver has a 79% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 25.8 minutes when flights are not on time. The destination airport in Denver, which opened in 1989, serves over 82 million passengers annually, making it one of the busiest airports in the United States.
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) → Denver (DEN) 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 26 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.79%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Lincoln the average ATFM delay is 4.8 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Lincoln (LNK) to Denver (DEN) heads west for about 679 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 16m.
Departures from Lincoln on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 53% of LNK-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Lincoln the average ATFM delay is 4.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 448 tracked LNK-DEN flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 26 min and a 3.8% 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-DEN
On the Lincoln (LNK) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 26 minutes, based on 448 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Lincoln-Denver is 3.79% 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.
