Historical on-time performance
Denver to Little Rock
771 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DEN–LIT arrive on time 75% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate75%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.8%of scheduled flights
based on 1,419 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.
- SkyWest AirlinesOn-time75%Medianon timep9050 minCancel1.0%Flights1,082
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time74%Medianon timep9040 minCancel0.0%Flights337
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline35%
- Weather7%
- Air traffic (NAS)23%
- Late aircraft35%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly DEN → 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 62% to 80% on time.
- Middays80% on time · p90 30 min · 1,521 flights
- Mornings79% on time · p90 40 min · 921 flights
- Evenings69% on time · p90 70 min · 1,026 flights
- Overnights64% on time · p90 60 min · 59 flights · limited
- Afternoons62% on time · p90 65 min · 394 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 77% on time.
- Wednesdays77% on time · p90 45 min · 541 flights
- Tuesdays77% on time · p90 40 min · 527 flights
- Mondays77% on time · p90 35 min · 569 flights
- Sundays74% on time · p90 50 min · 608 flights
- Fridays73% on time · p90 55 min · 570 flights
- Thursdays73% on time · p90 50 min · 581 flights
- Saturdays72% on time · p90 50 min · 525 flights
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