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Route Reliability

Washington → Little Rock

DCA–LIT · 888 miles · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
70%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
3.0%
Cancelled
365
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 70% of the time across 365 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DCA–LIT flights arrived on time 78% of the time on Tuesdays and just 55% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.0% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(51 flights)
  • Tue78%(51 flights)
  • Wed70%(50 flights)
  • Thu62%(50 flights)
  • Fri74%(50 flights)
  • Sat76%(50 flights)
  • Sun55%(49 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(2 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(343 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(6 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 40% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202540%30
July 202569%26
August 202577%30
September 202569%29
October 202560%30
November 202572%29
December 202572%29
January 202671%28
February 202682%28
March 202677%30
April 202673%30
May 202678%32

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Based on 365 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.