OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Washington to Little Rock

888 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DCA–LIT arrive on time 64% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate64%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.6%of scheduled flights

based on 277 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Envoy Air
    On-time64%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel3.6%
    Flights277

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline18%
  • Weather25%
  • Air traffic (NAS)37%
  • Late aircraft20%
  • Security1%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather60%
  • Air traffic (NAS)40%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 10 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

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 (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 67% to 68% on time.

  • Evenings68% on time · p90 65 min · 957 flights
  • Afternoons67% on time · p90 70 min · 123 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 60% to 72% on time.

  • Saturdays72% on time · p90 55 min · 152 flights · limited
  • Thursdays69% on time · p90 60 min · 154 flights · limited
  • Fridays69% on time · p90 80 min · 157 flights · limited
  • Mondays69% on time · p90 95 min · 157 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays68% on time · p90 50 min · 154 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays68% on time · p90 45 min · 155 flights · limited
  • Sundays60% on time · p90 70 min · 157 flights · limited

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.