Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field in October 2025

84.4%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,157 domestic departures from Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field (LIT). 84.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.4% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so LIT departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 1,178 departures with 88.3% leaving on time: a change of −3.9 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at LIT that month were on time 81.0% of the time (1,158 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 82.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.3%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from LIT in October 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	LIT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	84.4%	88.3%	79.7%	80.0%
Arrived on time	82.4%	86.6%	79.2%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.1%	1.8%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.0 min	11.3 min	16.3 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	39	39	37	20,195
Scheduled departures	1,157	1,178	13,424	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	395	34%	78.5%	7.8 min	0.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	232	20%	78.9%	0.4 min	0.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	207	18%	86.0%	2.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	201	17%	92.5%	-5.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	35	3%	91.4%	-2.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	31	3%	71.0%	14.9 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	31	3%	83.9%	1.1 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	16	1%	62.5%	73.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	1%	66.7%	27.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIT–DFW	Little Rock to Dallas/Fort Worth	255	73.3%	12.1 min	0.8%
LIT–ATL	Little Rock to Atlanta	201	92.5%	-5.2 min	0.0%
LIT–DEN	Little Rock to Denver	140	80.7%	6.1 min	0.0%
LIT–ORD	Little Rock to Chicago	123	71.5%	11.3 min	0.0%
LIT–CLT	Little Rock to Charlotte	93	91.4%	-5.2 min	0.0%
LIT–DAL	Little Rock to Dallas	88	85.2%	5.0 min	0.0%
LIT–STL	Little Rock to St. Louis	57	87.7%	-7.1 min	0.0%
LIT–IAH	Little Rock to Houston	41	63.4%	16.3 min	0.0%
LIT–DCA	Little Rock to Washington	31	96.8%	-6.4 min	0.0%
LIT–LAS	Little Rock to Las Vegas	31	90.3%	12.4 min	0.0%
LIT–SLC	Little Rock to Salt Lake City	31	96.8%	-17.7 min	0.0%
LIT–LGA	Little Rock to New York	27	81.5%	3.1 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	37.9%	34.0%	5,089
Late-arriving aircraft	36.1%	39.7%	4,839
National Aviation System	18.5%	22.9%	2,478
Extreme weather	7.5%	3.3%	1,005
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

13,411 delay minutes on 200 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 2025?

84.4% of 1,157 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 88.3% of 1,178 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 84.4% and 0.2% in October 2025.

Provenance

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