Little Rock, AR

What the Data Says About LIT

Little Rock, AR in Little Rock, Arkansas handled 133,985 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 81.4% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 24,878 experienced delays, 1,499 were cancelled, and 134 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 1.12%, the diversion rate to 0.10%, and the average delay when departures run late is 73.7 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing LIT against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at LIT, Late Aircraft leads the pack. Late Aircraft accounts for 37.8% of total delay minutes, followed by Carrier at 33.9% and NAS (National Aviation System) at 17.9%. Weather contributes 10.2% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.2%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, November runs the cleanest at LIT with a 93.4% on-time rate, while June is the roughest at 88.1% — a 5-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in July, when average flights hit 2,005. The busiest route from LIT is to LIT (Little Rock), with 15,467 flights at a 79.8% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 81.4% on-time, 73.7-minute average delay, 1.12% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Little Rock, AR.