Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field in August 2023

81.1%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,023 domestic departures from Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field (LIT). 81.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.6% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so LIT departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LIT that month were on time 75.4% of the time (1,022 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 80.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.9%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from LIT in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	LIT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	81.1%	—	79.7%	76.7%
Arrived on time	80.6%	—	79.2%	76.9%
Cancelled	1.1%	—	1.8%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.3 min	—	16.3 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	34	—	37	20,100
Scheduled departures	1,023	—	13,424	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	333	33%	84.7%	5.7 min	0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	209	20%	84.2%	-2.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	168	16%	80.4%	2.6 min	2.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	125	12%	73.6%	11.1 min	0.8%
AA American Airlines	57	6%	66.7%	25.4 min	3.5%
OH PSA Airlines	35	3%	74.3%	10.1 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	31	3%	93.5%	-4.7 min	3.2%
9E Endeavor Air	27	3%	85.2%	4.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	21	2%	57.1%	21.5 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	17	2%	70.6%	6.5 min	5.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIT–DFW	Little Rock to Dallas/Fort Worth	258	82.2%	6.2 min	0.8%
LIT–ATL	Little Rock to Atlanta	199	79.9%	1.9 min	2.0%
LIT–DEN	Little Rock to Denver	106	75.5%	4.8 min	0.0%
LIT–ORD	Little Rock to Chicago	101	65.3%	30.2 min	2.0%
LIT–CLT	Little Rock to Charlotte	89	80.9%	8.1 min	1.1%
LIT–DAL	Little Rock to Dallas	89	88.8%	-5.0 min	0.0%
LIT–STL	Little Rock to St. Louis	58	91.4%	-5.5 min	0.0%
LIT–LGA	Little Rock to New York	54	90.7%	-1.2 min	1.9%
LIT–DCA	Little Rock to Washington	31	93.5%	-6.4 min	0.0%
LIT–MIA	Little Rock to Miami	12	83.3%	-2.7 min	0.0%
LIT–SFB	Little Rock to Sanford	9	55.6%	16.2 min	0.0%
LIT–LAS	Little Rock to Las Vegas	4	75.0%	-11.3 min	25.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	40.5%	36.7%	5,310
Late-arriving aircraft	35.0%	42.2%	4,590
National Aviation System	15.7%	15.7%	2,060
Extreme weather	8.7%	5.1%	1,144
Security	0.1%	0.2%	17

13,121 delay minutes on 183 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left LIT on time in August 2023?

81.1% of 1,023 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for LIT · methodology · corrections.