Flights Little Rock → Houston
LIT → HOU
Route overview
The flight route from Little Rock to Houston operates with a Boeing 737-500 and boasts a perfect on-time performance record, with an average delay of just 7.3 minutes across the three flights recorded. The destination airport sees over thirteen million passengers annually, highlighting its significance as a major travel hub.
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) → Houston (HOU) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 3 flights monitored in recent months, 100% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 4/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Houston 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 Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Little Rock (LIT) to Houston (HOU) heads south-west for about 634 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 13m.
Departures from Little Rock on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 100% of LIT-HOU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Little Rock the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 3 tracked LIT-HOU flights, 100% left on time with an average delay of 7 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 LIT-HOU
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Frequently asked questions about LIT-HOU
On the Little Rock (LIT) -> Houston (HOU) route, on-time performance is 100% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 3 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Little Rock-Houston 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.
