Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field in August 2024

82.7%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,108 domestic departures from Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field (LIT). 82.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.3% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so LIT departures were 7.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 1,023 departures with 81.1% leaving on time: a change of +1.6 points, with flights up 8%.

Flights arriving at LIT that month were on time 75.3% of the time (1,107 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 81.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.7%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	LIT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	82.7%	81.1%	79.7%	75.4%
Arrived on time	81.3%	80.6%	79.2%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.8%	1.1%	1.8%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.4 min	13.3 min	16.3 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	37	34	37	20,634
Scheduled departures	1,108	1,023	13,424	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	323	29%	80.2%	5.0 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	202	18%	87.6%	-5.8 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	175	16%	94.3%	-12.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	166	15%	82.5%	3.9 min	0.6%
AA American Airlines	91	8%	63.7%	45.9 min	4.4%
OH PSA Airlines	64	6%	73.4%	18.0 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	31	3%	61.3%	12.9 min	3.2%
YX Republic Airline	31	3%	83.9%	-1.9 min	6.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	15	1%	40.0%	36.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	10	1%	70.0%	11.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIT–DFW	Little Rock to Dallas/Fort Worth	268	75.4%	10.4 min	1.5%
LIT–ATL	Little Rock to Atlanta	180	93.9%	-12.5 min	0.0%
LIT–DEN	Little Rock to Denver	138	82.6%	3.7 min	0.7%
LIT–ORD	Little Rock to Chicago	118	78.0%	4.8 min	0.0%
LIT–CLT	Little Rock to Charlotte	92	77.2%	37.8 min	0.0%
LIT–DAL	Little Rock to Dallas	84	81.0%	-1.6 min	0.0%
LIT–STL	Little Rock to St. Louis	57	93.0%	-5.2 min	0.0%
LIT–LGA	Little Rock to New York	52	71.2%	7.2 min	3.8%
LIT–IAH	Little Rock to Houston	41	82.9%	1.0 min	0.0%
LIT–DCA	Little Rock to Washington	31	90.3%	-7.5 min	0.0%
LIT–LAS	Little Rock to Las Vegas	23	82.6%	-9.8 min	4.3%
LIT–MIA	Little Rock to Miami	5	80.0%	-3.2 min	20.0%

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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	43.3%	33.8%	6,179
Late-arriving aircraft	36.5%	39.8%	5,203
National Aviation System	15.9%	20.4%	2,264
Extreme weather	4.1%	5.9%	589
Security	0.1%	0.1%	21

14,256 delay minutes on 196 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 2024?

82.7% of 1,108 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 81.1% of 1,023 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 82.7% and 0.8% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.