Flights Houston → Little Rock
IAH → LIT
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Little Rock has an on-time performance rate of 82%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 12 minutes. Over the course of a year, approximately 356 flights operate this route, serving one of the many destinations that contribute to the nearly two million passengers annually at Little Rock's airport.
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 (IAH) → Little Rock (LIT) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 477 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.94%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.3/100 (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 Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Little Rock: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Little Rock (LIT) heads north-east for about 603 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 10m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 42% of IAH-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 477 tracked IAH-LIT flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 2.9% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about IAH-LIT
On the Houston (IAH) -> Little Rock (LIT) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 477 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Little Rock is 2.94% across 477 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: 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.
