Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field in October 2024

88.3%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,178 domestic departures from Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field (LIT). 88.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.6% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so LIT departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 1,036 departures with 83.6% leaving on time: a change of +4.7 points, with flights up 14%.

Flights arriving at LIT that month were on time 88.8% of the time (1,177 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 86.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.2%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	LIT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	88.3%	83.6%	79.7%	85.5%
Arrived on time	86.6%	82.6%	79.2%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.5%	1.8%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.3 min	12.4 min	16.3 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	39	35	37	20,517
Scheduled departures	1,178	1,036	13,424	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	327	28%	84.4%	3.7 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	219	19%	91.3%	-4.7 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	209	18%	89.0%	-3.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	176	15%	96.6%	-15.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	84	7%	63.1%	19.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	71	6%	78.9%	43.7 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	44	4%	88.6%	-2.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	30	3%	96.7%	-8.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	9	1%	88.9%	2.9 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	1%	33.3%	82.6 min	11.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIT–DFW	Little Rock to Dallas/Fort Worth	296	84.8%	-1.0 min	0.0%
LIT–ATL	Little Rock to Atlanta	193	96.4%	-14.5 min	0.0%
LIT–DEN	Little Rock to Denver	134	91.8%	-4.4 min	0.0%
LIT–CLT	Little Rock to Charlotte	114	75.4%	33.1 min	0.0%
LIT–ORD	Little Rock to Chicago	103	75.7%	17.9 min	0.0%
LIT–DAL	Little Rock to Dallas	88	93.2%	-5.3 min	0.0%
LIT–IAH	Little Rock to Houston	63	96.8%	-8.1 min	0.0%
LIT–STL	Little Rock to St. Louis	57	89.5%	-4.2 min	0.0%
LIT–LGA	Little Rock to New York	54	90.7%	-3.9 min	0.0%
LIT–DCA	Little Rock to Washington	31	74.2%	9.9 min	0.0%
LIT–LAS	Little Rock to Las Vegas	29	72.4%	12.6 min	0.0%
LIT–SFB	Little Rock to Sanford	9	33.3%	82.6 min	11.1%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	54.7%	42.7%	6,760
Late-arriving aircraft	28.2%	37.4%	3,482
National Aviation System	12.7%	16.3%	1,570
Extreme weather	4.4%	3.4%	540
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

12,352 delay minutes on 156 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 October 2024?

88.3% of 1,178 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 83.6% of 1,036 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 88.3% and 0.1% in October 2024.

Provenance

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