Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field in December 2025

74.6%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,088 domestic departures from Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field (LIT). 74.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.7% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so LIT departures were 2.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 999 departures with 79.2% leaving on time: a change of −4.6 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at LIT that month were on time 73.3% of the time (1,089 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 75.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.0%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	LIT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	74.6%	79.2%	79.7%	72.0%
Arrived on time	75.7%	78.4%	79.2%	71.9%
Cancelled	1.3%	0.5%	1.8%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.7 min	14.8 min	16.3 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	36	33	37	19,410
Scheduled departures	1,088	999	13,424	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	289	27%	74.4%	7.1 min	0.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	215	20%	82.8%	-0.1 min	0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	211	19%	72.0%	26.1 min	0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	187	17%	80.7%	2.8 min	3.2%
AA American Airlines	74	7%	67.6%	27.8 min	1.4%
OH PSA Airlines	64	6%	70.3%	27.2 min	1.6%
YX Republic Airline	33	3%	72.7%	4.1 min	6.1%
G4 Allegiant Air	10	1%	60.0%	249.3 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	5	0%	60.0%	12.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIT–DFW	Little Rock to Dallas/Fort Worth	216	70.4%	19.0 min	0.9%
LIT–ATL	Little Rock to Atlanta	187	80.7%	2.8 min	3.2%
LIT–DEN	Little Rock to Denver	125	72.8%	16.9 min	0.0%
LIT–CLT	Little Rock to Charlotte	111	77.5%	12.8 min	0.9%
LIT–ORD	Little Rock to Chicago	101	51.5%	43.2 min	4.0%
LIT–DAL	Little Rock to Dallas	91	86.8%	-5.6 min	1.1%
LIT–STL	Little Rock to St. Louis	60	83.3%	0.5 min	0.0%
LIT–PHX	Little Rock to Phoenix	34	85.3%	-0.8 min	0.0%
LIT–IAH	Little Rock to Houston	31	71.0%	32.7 min	0.0%
LIT–LAS	Little Rock to Las Vegas	31	77.4%	-1.0 min	0.0%
LIT–SLC	Little Rock to Salt Lake City	31	96.8%	-20.0 min	0.0%
LIT–DCA	Little Rock to Washington	30	93.3%	-9.3 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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	40.3%	33.3%	9,536
Late-arriving aircraft	38.0%	41.1%	8,974
National Aviation System	11.9%	19.1%	2,813
Extreme weather	9.8%	6.4%	2,317
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

23,640 delay minutes on 250 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 2025?

74.6% of 1,088 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 79.2% of 999 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 74.6% and 1.3% in December 2025.

Provenance

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