Flights Houston → Little Rock
HOU → LIT
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Little Rock operates with only three flights in total and has a relatively low on-time performance rate of 33%. These flights, operated using Boeing 737-500 aircraft, typically experience an average delay of 34.3 minutes. The destination airport serves around 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 Houston (HOU) → Little Rock (LIT) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 3 flights monitored in recent months, 33% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 34 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.3/100 (low), 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 Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Little Rock: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (HOU) to Little Rock (LIT) heads north-east for about 634 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 13m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 100% of HOU-LIT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Little Rock it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 3 tracked HOU-LIT flights, 33% left on time with an average delay of 34 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
Airlines operating HOU-LIT
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Frequently asked questions about HOU-LIT
On the Houston (HOU) -> Little Rock (LIT) route, on-time performance is 33% with an average delay of 34 minutes, based on 3 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Little Rock is 0.00% across 3 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.
