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ORD vs LIT - 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
ORD

Chicago, IL

Chicago, Illinois

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Airport B
LIT

Little Rock, AR

Little Rock, Arkansas

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric ORD LIT
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 81.0% 81.4%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 81.9 min 73.7 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 19.0% 18.6%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.16% 1.12%
Total Flights 3,114,086 133,985
Delayed Flights 592,111 24,878
Cancelled Flights 36,132 1,499
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

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

Delay Cause Breakdown

ORD - Chicago, IL

Late Aircraft 39.2%
Carrier 33.6%
NAS 19.5%
Weather 7.7%
Security 0.1%

LIT - Little Rock, AR

Late Aircraft 37.8%
Carrier 33.9%
NAS 17.9%
Weather 10.2%
Security 0.2%

Top Routes

Top routes from ORD

Route Flights On-Time
ORD → LGA
New York
56,539 78.2%
LGA → ORD
Chicago
56,521 80.8%
ORD → LAX
Los Angeles
37,020 79.8%
LAX → ORD
Chicago
36,987 84.3%
ORD → DEN
Denver
35,971 79.3%
DEN → ORD
Chicago
35,925 76.8%

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%

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

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.