Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field in December 2024

79.2%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 999 domestic departures from Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field (LIT). 79.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.4% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so LIT departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 970 departures with 86.7% leaving on time: a change of −7.5 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at LIT that month were on time 78.3% of the time (996 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 35%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 78.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.1%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	LIT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	79.2%	86.7%	79.7%	77.8%
Arrived on time	78.4%	86.2%	79.2%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.1%	1.8%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.8 min	8.8 min	16.3 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	33	32	37	19,686
Scheduled departures	999	970	13,424	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	250	25%	76.8%	10.5 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	215	22%	80.5%	3.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	177	18%	84.2%	1.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	121	12%	86.8%	-2.0 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	112	11%	71.4%	13.3 min	1.8%
AA American Airlines	53	5%	67.9%	12.5 min	5.7%
YX Republic Airline	31	3%	80.6%	5.3 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	26	3%	69.2%	8.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	1%	11.1%	51.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	5	1%	80.0%	1.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIT–DFW	Little Rock to Dallas/Fort Worth	239	70.3%	14.8 min	2.1%
LIT–ATL	Little Rock to Atlanta	185	83.2%	1.6 min	0.0%
LIT–DEN	Little Rock to Denver	118	87.3%	-3.6 min	0.0%
LIT–CLT	Little Rock to Charlotte	117	76.9%	12.5 min	0.0%
LIT–DAL	Little Rock to Dallas	91	81.3%	10.5 min	0.0%
LIT–STL	Little Rock to St. Louis	60	81.7%	-2.0 min	0.0%
LIT–LGA	Little Rock to New York	45	75.6%	7.6 min	0.0%
LIT–IAH	Little Rock to Houston	36	80.6%	3.9 min	0.0%
LIT–LAS	Little Rock to Las Vegas	31	77.4%	-4.1 min	0.0%
LIT–ORD	Little Rock to Chicago	31	83.9%	-1.9 min	0.0%
LIT–DCA	Little Rock to Washington	30	86.7%	-4.3 min	0.0%
LIT–SFB	Little Rock to Sanford	9	11.1%	51.9 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	34.5%	34.3%	4,807
Late-arriving aircraft	33.5%	40.2%	4,660
National Aviation System	23.1%	17.8%	3,220
Extreme weather	8.8%	7.5%	1,221
Security	0.2%	0.2%	23

13,931 delay minutes on 211 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 December 2024?

79.2% of 999 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 86.7% of 970 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 79.2% and 0.5% in December 2024.

Provenance

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