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Airport month · March 2026
Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field in March 2026
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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,105 domestic departures from Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field (LIT). 75.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.9% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so LIT departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 970 departures with 80.2% leaving on time: a change of −4.5 points, with flights up 14%.
Flights arriving at LIT that month were on time 74.3% of the time (1,105 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 78.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.4%
- Cancelled 2.4%
- Diverted 0.4%
March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 | LIT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.7% | 80.2% | 79.7% | 72.8% |
| Arrived on time | 78.9% | 80.0% | 79.2% | 73.2% |
| Cancelled | 2.4% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 2.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 19.0 min | 18.3 min | 16.3 min | 20.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 37 | 32 | 37 | 20,403 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,105 | 970 | 13,424 | 612,102 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 332 | 30% | 71.4% | 14.7 min | 2.7% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 224 | 20% | 84.4% | 0.8 min | 0.4% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 209 | 19% | 87.6% | -2.1 min | 0.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 206 | 19% | 85.4% | 3.5 min | 3.9% |
| AA American Airlines | 62 | 6% | 61.3% | 26.2 min | 1.6% |
| YX Republic Airline | 31 | 3% | 58.1% | 31.0 min | 9.7% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 30 | 3% | 80.0% | 5.9 min | 6.7% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 11 | 1% | 63.6% | 2.5 min | 9.1% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIT–DFW | Little Rock to Dallas/Fort Worth | 209 | 73.2% | 13.7 min | 2.4% |
| LIT–ATL | Little Rock to Atlanta | 204 | 85.3% | 3.5 min | 3.9% |
| LIT–DEN | Little Rock to Denver | 132 | 78.0% | -0.2 min | 0.8% |
| LIT–ORD | Little Rock to Chicago | 110 | 60.0% | 21.8 min | 3.6% |
| LIT–CLT | Little Rock to Charlotte | 85 | 78.8% | 24.8 min | 2.4% |
| LIT–DAL | Little Rock to Dallas | 85 | 85.9% | 0.3 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–IAH | Little Rock to Houston | 60 | 76.7% | 9.2 min | 1.7% |
| LIT–BNA | Little Rock to Nashville | 54 | 85.2% | -3.6 min | 1.9% |
| LIT–DCA | Little Rock to Washington | 31 | 100.0% | -10.7 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–LAS | Little Rock to Las Vegas | 31 | 87.1% | -1.3 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–PHX | Little Rock to Phoenix | 31 | 93.5% | -11.1 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–SLC | Little Rock to Salt Lake City | 31 | 96.8% | -14.5 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LIT on time in March 2026?
75.7% of 1,105 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2025, 80.2% of 970 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 75.7% and 2.4% in March 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.