Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field in July 2026

77.6%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,253 domestic departures from Bill and Hillary Clinton Nat Adams Field (LIT). 77.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.9% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so LIT departures were 8.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 1,156 departures with 68.3% leaving on time: a change of +9.3 points, with flights up 8%.

Flights arriving at LIT that month were on time 74.0% of the time (1,254 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 77.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.6%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	LIT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	77.6%	68.3%	79.7%	68.8%
Arrived on time	77.9%	66.9%	79.2%	69.4%
Cancelled	1.2%	1.9%	1.8%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.2 min	27.3 min	16.3 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	42	39	37	21,066
Scheduled departures	1,253	1,156	13,424	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	521	42%	80.0%	8.8 min	0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	220	18%	76.8%	6.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	207	17%	74.9%	14.2 min	1.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	201	16%	81.1%	0.2 min	2.0%
YX Republic Airline	31	2%	71.0%	1.3 min	12.9%
UA United Airlines	30	2%	86.7%	-5.9 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	27	2%	44.4%	27.5 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	13	1%	69.2%	10.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	3	0%	100.0%	-5.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIT–DFW	Little Rock to Dallas/Fort Worth	230	77.4%	16.1 min	0.4%
LIT–ATL	Little Rock to Atlanta	201	81.1%	0.2 min	2.0%
LIT–ORD	Little Rock to Chicago	186	75.3%	10.3 min	3.2%
LIT–DEN	Little Rock to Denver	135	81.5%	1.5 min	0.0%
LIT–CLT	Little Rock to Charlotte	131	81.7%	12.1 min	0.0%
LIT–DAL	Little Rock to Dallas	88	72.7%	10.0 min	0.0%
LIT–BNA	Little Rock to Nashville	62	67.7%	16.6 min	0.0%
LIT–IAH	Little Rock to Houston	61	75.4%	5.7 min	0.0%
LIT–DCA	Little Rock to Washington	31	90.3%	-7.4 min	0.0%
LIT–LAS	Little Rock to Las Vegas	31	87.1%	-2.3 min	0.0%
LIT–PHX	Little Rock to Phoenix	31	93.5%	-14.2 min	0.0%
LIT–LGA	Little Rock to New York	27	66.7%	3.6 min	14.8%

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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	23.3%	31.7%	4,803
Late-arriving aircraft	45.3%	41.8%	9,319
National Aviation System	18.9%	19.9%	3,894
Extreme weather	12.4%	6.5%	2,549
Security	0.1%	0.1%	29

20,594 delay minutes on 258 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 July 2026?

77.6% of 1,253 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 68.3% of 1,156 departures left on time and 1.9% were cancelled, against 77.6% and 1.2% in July 2026.

Provenance

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