Airports › Little Rock (LIT) › September 2025
Airport month · September 2025
Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field in September 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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,058 domestic departures from Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field (LIT). 85.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.5% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so LIT departures were 2.2 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 1,060 departures with 84.0% leaving on time: a change of +1.3 points, with flights down 0%.
Flights arriving at LIT that month were on time 83.8% of the time (1,058 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 35%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 84.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.8%
- Cancelled 0.7%
- Diverted 0.0%
September 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2025 | Sep 2024 | LIT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 85.3% | 84.0% | 79.7% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 84.5% | 82.9% | 79.2% | 82.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.7% | 0.3% | 1.8% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.0 min | 12.5 min | 16.3 min | 12.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 35 | 35 | 37 | 18,748 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,058 | 1,060 | 13,424 | 562,439 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQ Envoy Air | 327 | 31% | 82.0% | 5.1 min | 0.6% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 231 | 22% | 77.1% | 5.2 min | 0.4% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 206 | 19% | 88.3% | 0.0 min | 1.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 192 | 18% | 94.8% | -8.2 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 30 | 3% | 80.0% | 20.0 min | 6.7% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 30 | 3% | 76.7% | 31.2 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 30 | 3% | 90.0% | 7.9 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 12 | 1% | 83.3% | 8.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIT–DFW | Little Rock to Dallas/Fort Worth | 248 | 77.0% | 12.3 min | 1.6% |
| LIT–ATL | Little Rock to Atlanta | 192 | 94.8% | -8.2 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–DEN | Little Rock to Denver | 132 | 78.8% | 7.1 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–ORD | Little Rock to Chicago | 126 | 78.6% | 4.3 min | 0.8% |
| LIT–DAL | Little Rock to Dallas | 86 | 84.9% | -1.2 min | 2.3% |
| LIT–CLT | Little Rock to Charlotte | 68 | 85.3% | 10.6 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–STL | Little Rock to St. Louis | 56 | 91.1% | 0.0 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–IAH | Little Rock to Houston | 33 | 90.9% | -4.2 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–DCA | Little Rock to Washington | 30 | 83.3% | -1.1 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–LAS | Little Rock to Las Vegas | 30 | 93.3% | -3.3 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–LGA | Little Rock to New York | 26 | 88.5% | 10.2 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–SLC | Little Rock to Salt Lake City | 23 | 95.7% | -13.3 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LIT on time in September 2025?
85.3% of 1,058 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2024, 84.0% of 1,060 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 85.3% and 0.7% in September 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.