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Airport month · April 2026
Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field in April 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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,131 domestic departures from Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field (LIT). 81.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.0% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so LIT departures were 2.3 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 1,108 departures with 76.2% leaving on time: a change of +5.2 points, with flights up 2%.
Flights arriving at LIT that month were on time 80.2% of the time (1,131 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and extreme weather 17%.
- On time 80.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.1%
- Cancelled 0.8%
- Diverted 0.1%
April 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2026 | Apr 2025 | LIT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.4% | 76.2% | 79.7% | 79.1% |
| Arrived on time | 80.0% | 73.3% | 79.2% | 78.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.8% | 2.4% | 1.8% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.1 min | 20.3 min | 16.3 min | 14.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 38 | 37 | 37 | 19,931 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,131 | 1,108 | 13,424 | 597,919 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 313 | 28% | 74.1% | 15.7 min | 1.3% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 251 | 22% | 80.1% | 6.1 min | 1.2% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 208 | 18% | 81.7% | 3.2 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 205 | 18% | 90.7% | -10.5 min | 1.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 59 | 5% | 59.3% | 48.9 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 54 | 5% | 81.5% | -3.3 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 30 | 3% | 86.7% | 1.0 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 11 | 1% | 100.0% | -23.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIT–ATL | Little Rock to Atlanta | 205 | 90.7% | -10.5 min | 1.0% |
| LIT–DFW | Little Rock to Dallas/Fort Worth | 205 | 70.7% | 28.3 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–DEN | Little Rock to Denver | 131 | 83.2% | 6.5 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–CLT | Little Rock to Charlotte | 110 | 83.6% | -2.2 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–ORD | Little Rock to Chicago | 96 | 60.4% | 22.0 min | 7.3% |
| LIT–IAH | Little Rock to Houston | 86 | 70.9% | 16.1 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–DAL | Little Rock to Dallas | 85 | 81.2% | 5.3 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–BNA | Little Rock to Nashville | 60 | 86.7% | -3.9 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–DCA | Little Rock to Washington | 30 | 100.0% | -12.3 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–LAS | Little Rock to Las Vegas | 30 | 73.3% | 10.0 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–PHX | Little Rock to Phoenix | 30 | 80.0% | -1.1 min | 0.0% |
| LIT–SLC | Little Rock to Salt Lake City | 30 | 96.7% | -13.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LIT on time in April 2026?
81.4% of 1,131 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In April 2025, 76.2% of 1,108 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 81.4% and 0.8% in April 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 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.