Flights Little Rock → Denver
LIT → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Little Rock to Denver operates with an Airbus A319 and has a high on-time performance rate of 83%, with an average delay of just 12.7 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 381 total flights, serving one of the busiest airports in the United States, which opened in 1989 and handles approximately 82,358,744 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) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by Frontier Airlines, United Airlines. Across 512 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.37%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Denver 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 Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Little Rock (LIT) to Denver (DEN) heads north-west for about 1,239 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 58m.
Departures from Little Rock on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 60% of LIT-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Little Rock the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 512 tracked LIT-DEN flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 1.4% 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 LIT-DEN
On the Little Rock (LIT) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 512 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Little Rock-Denver is 1.37% across 512 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.
