Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field in May 2024

67.9%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,120 domestic departures from Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field (LIT). 67.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.4% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so LIT departures were 5.5 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LIT that month were on time 64.8% of the time (1,120 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 67.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.1%
Cancelled 2.3%
Diverted 1.2%

Every scheduled departure from LIT in May 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	LIT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	67.9%	—	79.7%	73.4%
Arrived on time	67.4%	—	79.2%	72.3%
Cancelled	2.3%	—	1.8%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.8 min	—	16.3 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	37	—	37	20,325
Scheduled departures	1,120	—	13,424	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	300	27%	54.7%	36.0 min	3.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	238	21%	78.2%	10.2 min	0.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	204	18%	56.9%	37.9 min	4.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	172	15%	84.9%	-1.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	75	7%	54.7%	29.1 min	1.3%
YX Republic Airline	59	5%	83.1%	1.5 min	1.7%
OH PSA Airlines	51	5%	76.5%	0.8 min	3.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines	15	1%	66.7%	7.6 min	6.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	6	1%	66.7%	28.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIT–DFW	Little Rock to Dallas/Fort Worth	241	53.1%	33.8 min	5.0%
LIT–ATL	Little Rock to Atlanta	203	85.2%	0.5 min	0.0%
LIT–ORD	Little Rock to Chicago	141	53.9%	41.9 min	2.8%
LIT–DEN	Little Rock to Denver	118	67.8%	13.2 min	1.7%
LIT–CLT	Little Rock to Charlotte	94	64.9%	26.4 min	0.0%
LIT–DAL	Little Rock to Dallas	84	75.0%	15.0 min	0.0%
LIT–STL	Little Rock to St. Louis	57	82.5%	2.8 min	1.8%
LIT–LGA	Little Rock to New York	54	85.2%	-2.3 min	1.9%
LIT–IAH	Little Rock to Houston	52	48.1%	64.0 min	11.5%
LIT–DCA	Little Rock to Washington	31	64.5%	5.8 min	0.0%
LIT–LAS	Little Rock to Las Vegas	31	83.9%	7.2 min	0.0%
LIT–HOU	Little Rock to Houston	4	75.0%	0.3 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	29.1%	29.8%	8,128
Late-arriving aircraft	34.5%	43.0%	9,635
National Aviation System	19.1%	20.1%	5,331
Extreme weather	17.3%	7.0%	4,823
Security	0.1%	0.1%	15

27,932 delay minutes on 326 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 May 2024?

67.9% of 1,120 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 2023 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 May 2024; 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.