Flights Little Rock → Phoenix
LIT → PHX
Route overview
The flight route from Little Rock to Phoenix has a high on-time performance rate of 87%, with an average delay of only 3.8 minutes across the total of 89 flights recorded. This popular route serves a busy destination, as Phoenix's airport handles nearly 44.4 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) → Phoenix (PHX) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 90 flights monitored in recent months, 87% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Phoenix 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 Phoenix: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Little Rock (LIT) to Phoenix (PHX) heads west for about 1,825 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 42m.
Departures from Little Rock on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 99% of LIT-PHX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Little Rock the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Phoenix it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 90 tracked LIT-PHX flights, 87% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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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-PHX
On the Little Rock (LIT) -> Phoenix (PHX) route, on-time performance is 87% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 90 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Little Rock-Phoenix is 0.00% across 90 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.
