Flights Little Rock → Dallas
LIT → DAL
Route overview
The flight route from Little Rock to Dallas operates with a Boeing 737-500 and maintains an on-time performance rate of 85%, with an average delay of 4.8 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 250 flights, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, which handles nearly 17.6 million 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 Little Rock (LIT) → Dallas (DAL) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 339 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 5 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.88%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Dallas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Little Rock the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Dallas: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Little Rock (LIT) to Dallas (DAL) heads south-west for about 476 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 1m.
Departures from Little Rock on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 38% of LIT-DAL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Little Rock the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Dallas it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 339 tracked LIT-DAL flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 5 min and a 0.9% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about LIT-DAL
On the Little Rock (LIT) -> Dallas (DAL) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 5 minutes, based on 339 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Little Rock-Dallas is 0.88% 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.
