Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field in May 2026

78.9%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,215 domestic departures from Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field (LIT). 78.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.1% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so LIT departures were 1.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 1,107 departures with 71.2% leaving on time: a change of +7.7 points, with flights up 10%.

Flights arriving at LIT that month were on time 75.5% of the time (1,217 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 79.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.8%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	LIT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	78.9%	71.2%	79.7%	77.1%
Arrived on time	79.1%	70.7%	79.2%	77.6%
Cancelled	1.0%	2.9%	1.8%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.4 min	20.0 min	16.3 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	41	37	37	20,391
Scheduled departures	1,215	1,107	13,424	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	353	29%	83.3%	3.6 min	1.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	287	24%	73.9%	13.4 min	0.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	217	18%	77.9%	8.5 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	203	17%	81.8%	0.1 min	1.5%
AA American Airlines	46	4%	63.0%	30.0 min	2.2%
OH PSA Airlines	46	4%	82.6%	1.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	31	3%	93.5%	6.8 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	11	1%	90.9%	-3.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	11	1%	100.0%	-8.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	10	1%	30.0%	23.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIT–DFW	Little Rock to Dallas/Fort Worth	221	76.9%	18.8 min	2.7%
LIT–ATL	Little Rock to Atlanta	203	81.8%	0.1 min	1.5%
LIT–DEN	Little Rock to Denver	135	83.7%	1.2 min	0.0%
LIT–ORD	Little Rock to Chicago	127	70.9%	6.6 min	0.8%
LIT–CLT	Little Rock to Charlotte	125	85.6%	-0.1 min	0.8%
LIT–DAL	Little Rock to Dallas	88	76.1%	6.2 min	1.1%
LIT–IAH	Little Rock to Houston	83	69.9%	19.6 min	0.0%
LIT–BNA	Little Rock to Nashville	62	72.6%	17.5 min	0.0%
LIT–DCA	Little Rock to Washington	32	87.5%	-9.1 min	0.0%
LIT–LAS	Little Rock to Las Vegas	31	80.6%	1.5 min	0.0%
LIT–PHX	Little Rock to Phoenix	31	87.1%	16.6 min	0.0%
LIT–SLC	Little Rock to Salt Lake City	31	90.3%	-9.9 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	33.4%	33.0%	6,310
Late-arriving aircraft	38.5%	40.4%	7,269
National Aviation System	16.1%	20.5%	3,050
Extreme weather	11.6%	6.0%	2,200
Security	0.4%	0.1%	67

18,896 delay minutes on 240 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 May 2026?

78.9% of 1,215 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 71.2% of 1,107 departures left on time and 2.9% were cancelled, against 78.9% and 1.0% in May 2026.

Provenance

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