Airport reliability

Little Rock (LIT) on-time performance

How reliably flights leave Little Rock, AR (LIT) and reach their destinations, by airline, departure hour and month, September 2025 to August 2026.

Historical performance Official DOT data through August 2026 · Not live flight status

Little Rock, AR13,424 departures in 12 months

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Departures on time: 79.5%
Cancelled: 1.8%
60+ minutes late: 7.3%
Scheduled departures: 13,424

What this means

LIT departures beat the U.S. average.

79.5% of the 13,424 scheduled departures from Little Rock (LIT) arrived at their destination on time, 3.9 points higher than the U.S. average of 75.6%.
1.8% of departures were cancelled (U.S. average 1.9%), and 7.3% arrived an hour or more late.
Flights arriving at LIT were on time 77.2% of the time.
Among airlines with at least 300 departures, Delta Air Lines was the most punctual from LIT (86.6%) and American Airlines the least (67.7%).
Over the last 3 years, February was the most reliable month for departures from LIT (83.9% on time) and July the least reliable (70.6%).
Cancellations peaked in January, when 5.4% of flights were cancelled.
Flights scheduled to depart before 6 am were the most punctual (91.4% on time); flights scheduled to depart 7 pm to 8 pm were the least (66.5%).

Airlines at LIT

Ranked by on-time arrival

Departures from LIT, September 2025 to August 2026. On time means arrived at the destination within 15 minutes of schedule.
Airline	On time	Cancelled	60+ min late	Avg delay when late	Departures
Delta Air Lines	86.6%	2.1%	5.6%	103 min	2,278
Southwest Airlines	82.4%	0.8%	4.7%	63 min	2,511
Republic AirwaysSold as American Eagle, Delta Connection, United Express	81.3%	4.7%	6.6%	104 min	379
United Airlines	81.0%	1.0%	6.7%	66 min	105
Envoy AirSold as American Eagle	79.4%	1.6%	6.6%	76 min	4,087
Frontier Airlines	76.4%	0.8%	11.4%	109 min	123
PSA AirlinesSold as American Eagle	75.1%	4.6%	8.6%	91 min	571
SkyWest AirlinesSold as United Express, Delta Connection, American Eagle, Alaska	74.9%	1.6%	10.4%	90 min	2,792
American Airlines	67.7%	2.8%	14.1%	102 min	467
Allegiant Air	51.4%	0.0%	17.1%	105 min	111

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On-time rate by departure hour

<6a 91.4%

6a 89.0%

7a 83.2%

8a 83.0%

9a 84.1%

10a 84.2%

11a 80.6%

12p 75.4%

1p 84.0%

2p 72.7%

3p 73.8%

4p 70.4%

5p 74.4%

6p 71.9%

7p 66.5%

8p 69.3%

9p Insufficient sample

Share of scheduled flights on time LIT average 79.5%

Departures from LIT by scheduled local departure hour, September 2025 to August 2026. Scale starts at zero.

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Period	On time	Flights
Departing before 6 am	91.4%	799
Departing 6 am to 7 am	89.0%	1,318
Departing 7 am to 8 am	83.2%	1,408
Departing 8 am to 9 am	83.0%	882
Departing 9 am to 10 am	84.1%	1,069
Departing 10 am to 11 am	84.2%	456
Departing 11 am to noon	80.6%	762
Departing noon to 1 pm	75.4%	813
Departing 1 pm to 2 pm	84.0%	889
Departing 2 pm to 3 pm	72.7%	510
Departing 3 pm to 4 pm	73.8%	577
Departing 4 pm to 5 pm	70.4%	1,045
Departing 5 pm to 6 pm	74.4%	1,131
Departing 6 pm to 7 pm	71.9%	1,026
Departing 7 pm to 8 pm	66.5%	606
Departing 8 pm to 9 pm	69.3%	127
Departing 9 pm to 10 pm	Insufficient sample	6

Best and worst months at LIT

Jan 76.5%

Feb 83.9%

Mar 80.6%

Apr 78.6%

May 72.6%

Jun 70.8%

Jul 70.6%

Aug 77.7%

Sep 82.8%

Oct 83.9%

Nov 83.6%

Dec 79.9%

Share of scheduled flights on time 12-month average 79.5%

Departures from LIT by calendar month, September 2023 to August 2026 pooled. Scale starts at zero.

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Period	On time	Flights
January	76.5%	2,854
February	83.9%	2,627
March	80.6%	3,056
April	78.6%	3,326
May	72.6%	3,442
June	70.8%	3,498
July	70.6%	3,599
August	77.7%	3,346
September	82.8%	3,119
October	83.9%	3,371
November	83.6%	3,091
December	79.9%	3,057

Month by month, last 12 months

Sep 84.5%

Oct 82.4%

Nov 79.6%

Dec 75.7%

Jan 81.6%

Feb 85.0%

Mar 78.9%

Apr 80.0%

May 79.1%

Jun 73.9%

Jul 77.9%

Aug 77.7%

Share of scheduled flights on time U.S. average 75.6%

Departures from LIT, September 2025 to August 2026. Scale starts at zero.

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Period	On time	Flights
Sep 2025	84.5%	1,058
Oct 2025	82.4%	1,157
Nov 2025	79.6%	1,117
Dec 2025	75.7%	1,088
Jan 2026	81.6%	1,004
Feb 2026	85.0%	907
Mar 2026	78.9%	1,105
Apr 2026	80.0%	1,131
May 2026	79.1%	1,215
Jun 2026	73.9%	1,270
Jul 2026	77.9%	1,253
Aug 2026	77.7%	1,119

Busiest routes from LIT

Nonstop routes from LIT by scheduled flights, September 2025 to August 2026.
To	On time	Cancelled	Airlines	Flights
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW)	74.5%	2.3%	4	2,658
Atlanta (ATL)	86.6%	2.1%	1	2,276
Denver (DEN)	79.5%	0.7%	4	1,572
Chicago (ORD)	67.1%	3.1%	3	1,430
Charlotte (CLT)	82.1%	2.5%	4	1,262
Dallas (DAL)	82.0%	1.0%	1	1,040
Houston (IAH)	73.4%	0.3%	2	635
Washington (DCA)	92.6%	0.8%	2	364
Nashville (BNA)	77.2%	0.3%	1	360
Las Vegas (LAS)	84.7%	0.3%	1	360
St. Louis (STL)	87.3%	1.2%	1	347
Phoenix (PHX)	85.8%	0.3%	2	337
New York (LGA)	81.1%	4.5%	1	312
Salt Lake City (SLC)	94.1%	0.7%	2	271
Sanford (SFB)	40.7%	0.0%	1	59
Miami (MIA)	94.2%	1.9%	1	52

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Sources & data dates

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987-present)
Period: September 2025 to August 2026 (12 months); month-of-year patterns September 2023 to August 2026
Data through: August 2026
Processed: 2026-11-03
Scope: Scheduled nonstop domestic departures from Little Rock, AR (LIT) by airlines that report to the DOT.
Method: Rates use all scheduled flights as the denominator; cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time. Figures based on fewer than 50 scheduled flights are suppressed. Full methodology.

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