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Airport month · May 2025
Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field in May 2025
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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,107 domestic departures from Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field (LIT). 71.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.7% reached their destination on time; 2.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so LIT departures were 5.5 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 1,120 departures with 67.9% leaving on time: a change of +3.3 points, with flights down 1%.
Flights arriving at LIT that month were on time 71.2% of the time (1,106 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 70.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.9%
- Cancelled 2.9%
- Diverted 0.5%
May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2025 | May 2024 | LIT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 71.2% | 67.9% | 79.7% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 70.7% | 67.4% | 79.2% | 75.4% |
| Cancelled | 2.9% | 2.3% | 1.8% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 20.0 min | 25.8 min | 16.3 min | 17.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 37 | 37 | 37 | 20,188 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,107 | 1,120 | 13,424 | 605,648 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQ Envoy Air | 326 | 29% | 70.6% | 12.5 min | 2.8% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 206 | 19% | 74.3% | 11.2 min | 1.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 189 | 17% | 81.0% | 5.7 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 155 | 14% | 65.8% | 26.2 min | 8.4% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 141 | 13% | 61.0% | 23.9 min | 3.5% |
| YX Republic Airline | 62 | 6% | 71.0% | 14.7 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 14 | 1% | 57.1% | 43.1 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 10 | 1% | 60.0% | 18.9 min | 10.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 4 | 0% | 25.0% | 116.3 min | 25.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIT–DFW | Little Rock to Dallas/Fort Worth | 247 | 63.6% | 27.4 min | 6.5% |
| LIT–ATL | Little Rock to Atlanta | 189 | 81.0% | 5.7 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–DEN | Little Rock to Denver | 133 | 54.9% | 25.9 min | 3.0% |
| LIT–ORD | Little Rock to Chicago | 125 | 72.8% | 13.3 min | 0.8% |
| LIT–CLT | Little Rock to Charlotte | 120 | 70.8% | 9.5 min | 5.0% |
| LIT–DAL | Little Rock to Dallas | 84 | 75.0% | 11.8 min | 3.6% |
| LIT–STL | Little Rock to St. Louis | 56 | 83.9% | 1.0 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–IAH | Little Rock to Houston | 42 | 66.7% | 10.0 min | 4.8% |
| LIT–DCA | Little Rock to Washington | 31 | 96.8% | -11.3 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–LAS | Little Rock to Las Vegas | 31 | 80.6% | 13.4 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–LGA | Little Rock to New York | 26 | 73.1% | 24.5 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–MIA | Little Rock to Miami | 5 | 0.0% | 34.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LIT on time in May 2025?
71.2% of 1,107 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2024, 67.9% of 1,120 departures left on time and 2.3% were cancelled, against 71.2% and 2.9% in May 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2025; 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.