OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Little Rock to Dallas-Fort Worth

304 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on LIT–DFW arrive on time 71% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate71%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.5%of scheduled flights

based on 2,482 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-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel2.1%
    Flights1,592
  • American Airlines
    On-time68%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel3.3%
    Flights550
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time68%
    Medianon time
    p9080 min
    Cancel2.6%
    Flights340

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline26%
  • Weather23%
  • Air traffic (NAS)14%
  • Late aircraft37%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline10%
  • Weather72%
  • Air traffic (NAS)18%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 61 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 LIT → DFW

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

Best time of day

Middays are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 79% on time.

  • Middays79% on time · p90 40 min · 1,903 flights
  • Mornings76% on time · p90 45 min · 3,111 flights
  • Overnights67% on time · p90 65 min · 578 flights
  • Afternoons62% on time · p90 70 min · 1,443 flights
  • Evenings61% on time · p90 75 min · 1,413 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 69% to 74% on time.

  • Tuesdays74% on time · p90 40 min · 1,115 flights
  • Fridays72% on time · p90 55 min · 1,251 flights
  • Saturdays71% on time · p90 55 min · 1,138 flights
  • Mondays71% on time · p90 65 min · 1,246 flights
  • Wednesdays70% on time · p90 55 min · 1,172 flights
  • Thursdays70% on time · p90 55 min · 1,260 flights
  • Sundays69% on time · p90 70 min · 1,266 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.