Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → Little Rock
DFW → LIT
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Little Rock operates with a high frequency of 590 flights, featuring aircraft such as the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 and Embraer RJ145. With an on-time performance rate of 76%, these flights average a delay of 14 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passengers at around 1,897,000.
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-Fort Worth (DFW) → Little Rock (LIT) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 808 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.73%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 30.7/100 (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-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Little Rock: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Little Rock (LIT) heads north-east for about 489 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 2m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 38% of DFW-LIT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Little Rock it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 808 tracked DFW-LIT flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 1.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about DFW-LIT
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> Little Rock (LIT) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 808 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-Little Rock is 1.73% across 808 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
