Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field in November 2024

87.0%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,038 domestic departures from Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field (LIT). 87.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.9% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so LIT departures were 1.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 936 departures with 87.1% leaving on time: a change of −0.1 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at LIT that month were on time 85.6% of the time (1,040 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 33%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 85.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.2%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	LIT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	87.0%	87.1%	79.7%	85.2%
Arrived on time	85.9%	85.8%	79.2%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.8%	0.0%	1.8%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.6 min	10.1 min	16.3 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	35	31	37	19,180
Scheduled departures	1,038	936	13,424	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	270	26%	83.7%	2.9 min	1.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	203	20%	89.7%	-6.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	185	18%	77.8%	10.6 min	1.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	173	17%	93.6%	-12.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	102	10%	89.2%	-4.0 min	1.0%
AA American Airlines	34	3%	73.5%	41.6 min	2.9%
YX Republic Airline	30	3%	96.7%	-10.0 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	25	2%	96.0%	5.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	1%	66.7%	7.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	7	1%	42.9%	36.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIT–DFW	Little Rock to Dallas/Fort Worth	246	82.1%	7.6 min	2.4%
LIT–ATL	Little Rock to Atlanta	174	93.7%	-12.0 min	0.0%
LIT–DEN	Little Rock to Denver	126	74.6%	12.0 min	1.6%
LIT–CLT	Little Rock to Charlotte	105	88.6%	0.6 min	0.0%
LIT–DAL	Little Rock to Dallas	85	89.4%	-4.3 min	0.0%
LIT–ORD	Little Rock to Chicago	62	83.9%	-4.3 min	0.0%
LIT–IAH	Little Rock to Houston	60	78.3%	13.1 min	0.0%
LIT–STL	Little Rock to St. Louis	56	91.1%	-9.4 min	0.0%
LIT–LGA	Little Rock to New York	49	98.0%	-3.1 min	0.0%
LIT–LAS	Little Rock to Las Vegas	30	93.3%	-10.0 min	0.0%
LIT–DCA	Little Rock to Washington	29	89.7%	-1.7 min	0.0%
LIT–SFB	Little Rock to Sanford	9	66.7%	7.9 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	33.1%	36.9%	3,226
Late-arriving aircraft	29.4%	35.6%	2,865
National Aviation System	19.5%	21.9%	1,900
Extreme weather	18.1%	5.4%	1,763
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

9,754 delay minutes on 137 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 November 2024?

87.0% of 1,038 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 87.1% of 936 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 87.0% and 0.8% in November 2024.

Provenance

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