Historical on-time performance
Washington to Little Rock
888 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DCA–LIT arrive on time 56% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate56%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay65 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled4.1%of scheduled flights
based on 246 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Envoy AirOn-time56%Median5 minp9065 minCancel4.1%Flights246
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline20%
- Weather19%
- Air traffic (NAS)31%
- Late aircraft30%
- Security1%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly DCA → LIT
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 67% to 71% on time.
- Afternoons71% on time · p90 50 min · 267 flights
- Evenings67% on time · p90 65 min · 812 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 61% to 71% on time.
- Saturdays71% on time · p90 60 min · 150 flights · limited
- Mondays70% on time · p90 95 min · 157 flights · limited
- Tuesdays70% on time · p90 50 min · 155 flights · limited
- Thursdays69% on time · p90 55 min · 153 flights · limited
- Wednesdays67% on time · p90 50 min · 156 flights · limited
- Fridays67% on time · p90 60 min · 156 flights · limited
- Sundays61% on time · p90 75 min · 157 flights · limited
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