LIT vs DEN - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A

Airport B

Airport A

LIT

Little Rock, AR

Little Rock, Arkansas

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Airport B

DEN

Denver, CO

Denver, Colorado

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric	LIT	DEN
On-Time Rate (higher is better)	81.4% ✓	78.9%
Avg Delay (lower is better)	73.7 min	70.9 min ✓
Delay Rate (lower is better)	18.6% ✓	21.1%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better)	1.12%	1.02% ✓
Total Flights	133,985	3,293,040 ▲
Delayed Flights	24,878	696,109
Cancelled Flights	1,499	33,645
Top Delay Cause	Late Aircraft	Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

LIT - Little Rock, AR

Late Aircraft 37.8%

Carrier 33.9%

NAS 17.9%

Weather 10.2%

Security 0.2%

DEN - Denver, CO

Late Aircraft 40.9%

Carrier 38.6%

NAS 15.3%

Weather 5.2%

Security 0.1%

Top Routes

Top routes from LIT

Route	Flights	On-Time
DFW → LIT Little Rock	15,467	79.8%
LIT → DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	15,464	76%
LIT → ATL Atlanta	13,029	89.2%
ATL → LIT Little Rock	13,012	86.3%
CLT → LIT Little Rock	7,033	78.9%
LIT → CLT Charlotte	7,031	83%

Top routes from DEN

Route	Flights	On-Time
PHX → DEN Denver	49,558	80.7%
DEN → PHX Phoenix	49,508	77.8%
LAS → DEN Denver	44,661	77.7%
DEN → LAS Las Vegas	44,636	76.1%
DEN → SLC Salt Lake City	43,089	78.3%
SLC → DEN Denver	43,051	78.8%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Compiled by PlainFlights Editorial, Flight Performance Editorial Team

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.