Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field in January 2026

80.8%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,004 domestic departures from Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field (LIT). 80.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.6% reached their destination on time; 7.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so LIT departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 950 departures with 77.3% leaving on time: a change of +3.5 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at LIT that month were on time 76.9% of the time (1,004 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 35% and extreme weather 15%.

On time 81.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.6%
Cancelled 7.9%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from LIT in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	LIT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	80.8%	77.3%	79.7%	75.6%
Arrived on time	81.6%	77.2%	79.2%	75.3%
Cancelled	7.9%	5.3%	1.8%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.3 min	14.1 min	16.3 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	34	32	37	18,133
Scheduled departures	1,004	950	13,424	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	296	29%	79.7%	3.2 min	6.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	206	21%	85.9%	-7.1 min	5.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	169	17%	81.7%	-8.5 min	10.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	162	16%	83.3%	-6.6 min	4.3%
OH PSA Airlines	96	10%	78.1%	-4.9 min	12.5%
AA American Airlines	36	4%	66.7%	11.8 min	16.7%
YX Republic Airline	32	3%	87.5%	-19.8 min	12.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines	6	1%	100.0%	-19.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	1	0%	0.0%	154.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIT–DFW	Little Rock to Dallas/Fort Worth	200	77.0%	3.9 min	9.0%
LIT–ATL	Little Rock to Atlanta	169	81.7%	-8.5 min	10.7%
LIT–DEN	Little Rock to Denver	128	85.2%	-4.0 min	5.5%
LIT–CLT	Little Rock to Charlotte	117	79.5%	-2.6 min	12.0%
LIT–DAL	Little Rock to Dallas	89	85.4%	-5.6 min	5.6%
LIT–ORD	Little Rock to Chicago	59	74.6%	13.7 min	3.4%
LIT–STL	Little Rock to St. Louis	58	84.5%	-7.7 min	6.9%
LIT–PHX	Little Rock to Phoenix	32	84.4%	-0.4 min	3.1%
LIT–DCA	Little Rock to Washington	31	83.9%	-11.9 min	9.7%
LIT–IAH	Little Rock to Houston	31	83.9%	-9.1 min	3.2%
LIT–SLC	Little Rock to Salt Lake City	31	90.3%	-25.1 min	3.2%
LIT–LAS	Little Rock to Las Vegas	27	81.5%	-6.4 min	3.7%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	34.8%	37.3%	2,863
Late-arriving aircraft	39.5%	35.0%	3,247
National Aviation System	11.0%	18.0%	906
Extreme weather	14.7%	9.6%	1,213
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

8,229 delay minutes on 106 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 January 2026?

80.8% of 1,004 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 77.3% of 950 departures left on time and 5.3% were cancelled, against 80.8% and 7.9% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.