Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field in July 2024

68.9%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,190 domestic departures from Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field (LIT). 68.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.6% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so LIT departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LIT that month were on time 63.3% of the time (1,192 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 66.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 31.3%
Cancelled 2.0%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	LIT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	68.9%	—	79.7%	68.5%
Arrived on time	66.6%	—	79.2%	68.1%
Cancelled	2.0%	—	1.8%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	24.7 min	—	16.3 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	40	—	37	21,154
Scheduled departures	1,190	—	13,424	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	385	32%	59.5%	26.3 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	206	17%	80.1%	5.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	190	16%	72.6%	25.1 min	6.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	178	15%	70.8%	9.7 min	2.8%
AA American Airlines	90	8%	57.8%	32.3 min	3.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	35	3%	40.0%	25.8 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	31	3%	67.7%	27.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	31	3%	54.8%	32.9 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	31	3%	64.5%	10.3 min	3.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	13	1%	76.9%	25.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIT–DFW	Little Rock to Dallas/Fort Worth	292	53.8%	33.9 min	1.0%
LIT–ATL	Little Rock to Atlanta	194	72.2%	26.2 min	6.7%
LIT–ORD	Little Rock to Chicago	145	66.9%	19.2 min	0.0%
LIT–DEN	Little Rock to Denver	137	73.7%	10.4 min	0.0%
LIT–CLT	Little Rock to Charlotte	93	62.4%	19.4 min	2.2%
LIT–DAL	Little Rock to Dallas	82	78.0%	5.5 min	0.0%
LIT–STL	Little Rock to St. Louis	58	87.9%	1.6 min	0.0%
LIT–LGA	Little Rock to New York	53	66.0%	16.6 min	1.9%
LIT–DCA	Little Rock to Washington	31	96.8%	-5.8 min	0.0%
LIT–IAH	Little Rock to Houston	31	48.4%	24.7 min	16.1%
LIT–LAS	Little Rock to Las Vegas	31	71.0%	14.0 min	0.0%
LIT–LAX	Little Rock to Los Angeles	9	33.3%	28.7 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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	36.5%	36.6%	10,592
Late-arriving aircraft	38.6%	42.7%	11,206
National Aviation System	17.4%	16.0%	5,054
Extreme weather	7.0%	4.6%	2,028
Security	0.6%	0.1%	165

29,045 delay minutes on 373 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 July 2024?

68.9% of 1,190 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.