LIT to STL flight delays
Little Rock, AR (LIT) St. Louis, MO (STL) · 296 miles
460 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · the publishing regulator
85.96%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.87%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
59 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
9 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Only Southwest Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Flights from Little Rock to St. Louis keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
This is a thin route — 460 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Southwest Airlines arrived on time most often on LIT to STL. Flights ran closest to schedule in March and worst in July.
Every airline on LIT to STL
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 460 | 85.96% | 0.87% | 59 min | B |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
STL to LIT St. Louis back to Little Rock 83.96% on time BOther routes from Little Rock
Common questions
Are flights from Little Rock to St. Louis usually delayed?
85.96% of flights on the LIT to STL route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Little Rock to St. Louis?
Only Southwest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 460 flights and 85.96% arriving on time.
How often are LIT to STL flights cancelled?
0.87% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 9 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Little Rock to St. Louis?
September, when 91.1% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July at 75.4%.
When LIT to STL flights are late, how late are they?
About 59 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on LIT to STL during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →