Flight profile · SkyWest Airlines
OO5649
Lincoln (LNK) to Denver (DEN) · scheduled 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM
How OO5649 performs
278 operations, 2025-09-25 to 2026-06-30.
OO5649 arrived on time 86.4% of the time, against 77.9% for all LNK → DEN flights — this specific departure is 8.6 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against SkyWest Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 8.6 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 278 operations between 2025-09-25 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO5649 | 86.4% | 1.80% | -13 min | 7.0% | 278 |
| SkyWest Airlines on LNK → DEN | 77.9% | 1.05% | -9 min | 10.3% | 3,250 |
| All LNK → DEN flights | 77.9% | 1.05% | -9 min | 10.3% | 3,250 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-09-25 to 2026-06-30
Other routes OO5649 has flown
A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| SBN→ORD South Bend to Chicago | 2025-09-02 – 2025-09-24 | 20 | — |
| SBP→SFO San Luis Obispo to San Francisco | 2023-10-29 – 2025-08-18 | 217 | 57.1% |
| DEN→LBB Denver to Lubbock | 2025-01-07 – 2025-02-12 | 37 | — |
| ALB→ORD Albany to Chicago | 2024-12-03 – 2024-12-18 | 16 | — |
| ORD→ALB Chicago to Albany | 2024-10-27 – 2024-12-02 | 36 | — |
| ORD→FAT Chicago to Fresno | 2024-10-03 – 2024-10-25 | 14 | — |
| JAC→DEN Jackson to Denver | 2024-08-19 – 2024-09-30 | 43 | — |
| IAH→GSP Houston to Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg | 2024-06-27 – 2024-08-18 | 33 | — |
| ORD→SDF Chicago to Louisville | 2024-05-23 – 2024-06-26 | 24 | — |
| SFO→ONT San Francisco to Ontario | 2024-05-02 – 2024-05-05 | 2 | — |
| ORD→ATL Chicago to Atlanta | 2024-04-28 – 2024-04-28 | 1 | — |
| RNO→SFO Reno to San Francisco | 2024-03-31 – 2024-03-31 | 1 | — |
| DEN→TUS Denver to Tucson | 2024-02-06 – 2024-02-13 | 3 | — |
| CID→ORD Cedar Rapids to Chicago | 2023-12-02 – 2023-12-03 | 2 | — |
| FSD→DEN Sioux Falls to Denver | 2023-10-01 – 2023-10-28 | 28 | — |
| IAH→CRP Houston to Corpus Christi | 2023-09-29 – 2023-09-30 | 2 | — |
| IAH→BHM Houston to Birmingham | 2023-09-05 – 2023-09-17 | 2 | — |
| ORD→CRW Chicago to Charleston | 2023-08-01 – 2023-09-04 | 34 | — |
| SJC→DEN San Jose to Denver | 2023-07-09 – 2023-07-09 | 1 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route OO5649 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why OO5649 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for OO5649 on LNK → DEN. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Other departures on LNK → DEN
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO5866 | SkyWest Airlines | 88.0% | 19 min early | 722 |
| OO5348 | SkyWest Airlines | 74.3% | 2 min early | 654 |
| OO5431 | SkyWest Airlines | 63.8% | 0 min early | 679 |
Every departure listed carries at least 600 operations, so the comparison is between figures that mean something. Schedules change; confirm the departure still operates before booking around this.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 278 records of OO5649 operating LNK → DEN, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.
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