Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field in December 2023

86.7%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 970 domestic departures from Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field (LIT). 86.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.2% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so LIT departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LIT that month were on time 84.2% of the time (970 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 86.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.5%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	LIT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	86.7%	—	79.7%	83.1%
Arrived on time	86.2%	—	79.2%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	1.8%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.8 min	—	16.3 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	32	—	37	19,013
Scheduled departures	970	—	13,424	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	247	25%	92.3%	-7.6 min	0.4%
MQ Envoy Air	227	23%	81.5%	2.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	138	14%	92.0%	-5.7 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	124	13%	88.7%	-1.6 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	114	12%	78.9%	4.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	41	4%	95.1%	-2.4 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	30	3%	53.3%	27.4 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	27	3%	85.2%	-1.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	13	1%	92.3%	-7.7 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	1%	66.7%	10.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIT–DFW	Little Rock to Dallas/Fort Worth	219	80.8%	3.1 min	0.0%
LIT–ATL	Little Rock to Atlanta	177	92.1%	-5.6 min	0.0%
LIT–DEN	Little Rock to Denver	106	92.5%	-6.5 min	0.0%
LIT–CLT	Little Rock to Charlotte	104	80.8%	7.1 min	0.0%
LIT–ORD	Little Rock to Chicago	91	90.1%	-5.0 min	0.0%
LIT–DAL	Little Rock to Dallas	90	88.9%	-5.8 min	0.0%
LIT–STL	Little Rock to St. Louis	59	91.5%	-6.3 min	1.7%
LIT–LGA	Little Rock to New York	43	62.8%	18.0 min	0.0%
LIT–DCA	Little Rock to Washington	31	83.9%	-2.9 min	0.0%
LIT–LAS	Little Rock to Las Vegas	31	96.8%	-6.6 min	0.0%
LIT–SFB	Little Rock to Sanford	9	66.7%	10.2 min	0.0%
LIT–MIA	Little Rock to Miami	5	80.0%	5.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	38.0%	37.1%	2,765
Late-arriving aircraft	38.9%	38.8%	2,825
National Aviation System	16.4%	17.6%	1,189
Extreme weather	6.5%	6.2%	476
Security	0.2%	0.3%	14

7,269 delay minutes on 131 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 December 2023?

86.7% of 970 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.