Flights Little Rock → Dallas-Fort Worth
LIT → DFW
How long is the flight from Little Rock to Dallas-Fort Worth?
The flight from Little Rock (LIT) to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) takes 1h 1m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Little Rock to Dallas-Fort Worth operates with a high frequency of 591 flights, featuring aircraft such as the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 and Embraer RJ145. With an on-time performance rate of 74%, these flights experience an average delay of 25 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at 87,817,864 passengers per year.
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.
US flight refund rules & checker →General information, not legal advice.
The Little Rock (LIT) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 1595 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 25 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.13%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Little Rock the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Dallas-Fort Worth: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Little Rock (LIT) to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) heads south-west for about 489 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 1m.
Departures from Little Rock on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 42% of LIT-DFW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Little Rock the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Dallas-Fort Worth it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 1,595 tracked LIT-DFW flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 25 min and a 2.1% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 79% | 6 min | 1.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about LIT-DFW
The flight from Little Rock (LIT) to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) takes 1h 1m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Little Rock (LIT) -> Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 25 minutes, based on 1595 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Little Rock-Dallas-Fort Worth is 2.13% across 1595 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.
