OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Dallas-Fort Worth to Little Rock

304 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DFW–LIT arrive on time 73% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate73%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.3%of scheduled flights

based on 2,480 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.

  • Envoy Air
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel2.2%
    Flights1,590
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time74%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel2.1%
    Flights340
  • American Airlines
    On-time57%
    Median5 min
    p90115 min
    Cancel2.9%
    Flights550

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline28%
  • Weather12%
  • Air traffic (NAS)13%
  • Late aircraft47%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline9%
  • Weather72%
  • Air traffic (NAS)19%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 58 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 DFW → LIT

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 88% on time.

  • Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 1,549 flights
  • Middays85% on time · p90 25 min · 1,556 flights
  • Afternoons71% on time · p90 55 min · 2,133 flights
  • Evenings69% on time · p90 60 min · 1,440 flights
  • Overnights65% on time · p90 70 min · 1,770 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 78% on time.

  • Tuesdays78% on time · p90 45 min · 1,115 flights
  • Thursdays77% on time · p90 35 min · 1,258 flights
  • Fridays76% on time · p90 45 min · 1,252 flights
  • Wednesdays76% on time · p90 45 min · 1,176 flights
  • Saturdays74% on time · p90 45 min · 1,139 flights
  • Mondays72% on time · p90 60 min · 1,243 flights
  • Sundays72% on time · p90 55 min · 1,265 flights

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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.