Historical on-time performance
Little Rock to Washington
888 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on LIT–DCA arrive on time 93% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate93%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay5 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.2%of scheduled flights
based on 245 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Envoy AirOn-time93%Medianon timep905 minCancel1.2%Flights245
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline26%
- Weather10%
- Air traffic (NAS)65%
- Late aircraft0%
- Security0%
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 LIT → DCA
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 83% to 91% on time.
- Sundays91% on time · p90 10 min · 157 flights · limited
- Tuesdays90% on time · p90 10 min · 156 flights · limited
- Mondays90% on time · p90 10 min · 157 flights · limited
- Wednesdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 156 flights · limited
- Thursdays87% on time · p90 15 min · 152 flights · limited
- Saturdays86% on time · p90 25 min · 150 flights · limited
- Fridays83% on time · p90 20 min · 156 flights · limited
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