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Route Reliability

Little Rock → Denver

LITDEN · 771 miles · Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport to Denver International Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
1,567
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines80%365 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines75%1,089 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines72%113 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

LIT–DEN flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 61% between 3–6 PM.

Saturday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 79% on time on Saturdays against 73% on Mondays.

Southwest Airlines runs this route best.

Southwest 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

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon73%(218 flights)
  • Tue77%(206 flights)
  • Wed78%(209 flights)
  • Thu74%(237 flights)
  • Fri77%(224 flights)
  • Sat79%(203 flights)
  • Sun75%(252 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM76%(344 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM93%(161 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(512 flights)
  • 3–6 PM61%(447 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(83 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(2 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 50% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202550%127
July 202547%129
August 202562%134
September 202580%132
October 202581%140
November 202595%128
December 202574%125
January 202690%121
February 202686%117
March 202679%131
April 202683%131
May 202684%134

Based on 1,567 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.