Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field in September 2024

84.0%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,060 domestic departures from Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field (LIT). 84.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.9% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so LIT departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 1,001 departures with 83.7% leaving on time: a change of +0.3 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at LIT that month were on time 81.6% of the time (1,061 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 82.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.6%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	LIT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	84.0%	83.7%	79.7%	84.4%
Arrived on time	82.9%	80.9%	79.2%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.4%	1.8%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.5 min	15.5 min	16.3 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	35	33	37	19,421
Scheduled departures	1,060	1,001	13,424	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	270	25%	79.6%	7.0 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	196	18%	92.9%	-7.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	177	17%	84.7%	0.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	167	16%	88.0%	-5.3 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	106	10%	65.1%	31.6 min	2.8%
AA American Airlines	82	8%	73.2%	14.5 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	27	3%	92.6%	-6.3 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	26	2%	92.3%	-8.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	9	1%	77.8%	-4.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIT–DFW	Little Rock to Dallas/Fort Worth	271	80.1%	9.7 min	0.0%
LIT–ATL	Little Rock to Atlanta	168	88.1%	-5.4 min	0.0%
LIT–DEN	Little Rock to Denver	132	87.9%	-4.8 min	0.0%
LIT–CLT	Little Rock to Charlotte	105	61.9%	23.1 min	2.9%
LIT–ORD	Little Rock to Chicago	86	70.9%	17.2 min	0.0%
LIT–DAL	Little Rock to Dallas	81	91.4%	-3.9 min	0.0%
LIT–STL	Little Rock to St. Louis	55	92.7%	-9.2 min	0.0%
LIT–IAH	Little Rock to Houston	54	88.9%	2.6 min	0.0%
LIT–LGA	Little Rock to New York	52	92.3%	-7.0 min	0.0%
LIT–DCA	Little Rock to Washington	30	83.3%	2.5 min	0.0%
LIT–LAS	Little Rock to Las Vegas	22	100.0%	-13.6 min	0.0%
LIT–HOU	Little Rock to Houston	4	100.0%	-16.0 min	0.0%

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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	46.4%	38.6%	5,732
Late-arriving aircraft	35.6%	38.4%	4,399
National Aviation System	12.5%	18.2%	1,544
Extreme weather	5.5%	4.8%	675
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

12,350 delay minutes on 176 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 September 2024?

84.0% of 1,060 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 83.7% of 1,001 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 84.0% and 0.3% in September 2024.

Provenance

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