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Route Reliability

Denver → Little Rock

DEN–LIT · 771 miles · Denver International Airport to Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
1,568
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines80%1,090 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines78%365 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines72%113 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DEN–LIT flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 42% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Saturday if you can.

DEN–LIT flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Wednesdays. On Saturdays: 74%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 72%.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(220 flights)
  • Tue80%(206 flights)
  • Wed84%(209 flights)
  • Thu78%(241 flights)
  • Fri77%(222 flights)
  • Sat74%(203 flights)
  • Sun79%(252 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(597 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(486 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(458 flights)
  • 6–9 PM42%(12 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 64% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%128
July 202560%130
August 202565%133
September 202584%133
October 202584%140
November 202592%129
December 202577%124
January 202685%122
February 202681%117
March 202677%132
April 202689%131
May 202685%134

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Based on 1,568 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.