Flights Denver → Little Rock
DEN → LIT
Route overview
The flight route from Denver to Little Rock operates with an average on-time performance rate of 82%, experiencing a mean delay of 14.6 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 381 flights on this route using Airbus A319 aircraft. The origin airport in Denver has been operational since 1989, and the destination airport in Little Rock serves approximately 1,897,000 passengers annually.
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 Denver (DEN) → Little Rock (LIT) route is operated by Frontier Airlines, United Airlines. Across 510 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 21 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.59%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17/100 (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 Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Little Rock: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Denver (DEN) to Little Rock (LIT) heads south-east for about 1,239 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 58m.
Departures from Denver on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 62% of DEN-LIT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Little Rock it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 510 tracked DEN-LIT flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 21 min and a 0.6% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| Frontier Airlines (F9) | 74% | 15 min | 2.2% |
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Frequently asked questions about DEN-LIT
On the Denver (DEN) -> Little Rock (LIT) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 21 minutes, based on 510 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Denver-Little Rock is 0.59% across 510 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Frontier Airlines, United 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.
