Flights Dallas → Little Rock
DAL → LIT
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas to Little Rock operates with a Boeing 737-300 and Boeing 737-500, serving approximately 250 flights annually. With an on-time performance rate of 67%, the average delay for these flights is around 17 minutes, catering to a destination airport that sees nearly 1.9 million passengers per year.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Dallas (DAL) → Little Rock (LIT) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 339 flights monitored in recent months, 67% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.59%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Little Rock the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Dallas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Little Rock: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas (DAL) to Little Rock (LIT) heads north-east for about 476 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 1m.
Departures from Dallas on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 41% of DAL-LIT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Little Rock it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 339 tracked DAL-LIT flights, 67% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 0.6% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about DAL-LIT
On the Dallas (DAL) -> Little Rock (LIT) route, on-time performance is 67% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 339 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Little Rock is 0.59% across 339 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
