Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Connect in the morning. The same 70-minute layover misses 2% of the time at 10 am and 16% of the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	LIT	DEN	2h 15m	86%	1.1%	365	Flying now
United	LIT	DEN	2h 37m	79%	0.6%	1,087	Flying now
Frontier	LIT	DEN	2h 28m	78%	0.0%	120	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Denver on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Denver is 1 h behind Little Rock). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	LIT 17:23 → IAH 19:10UA 5478 · flown by SkyWest	3h 00m Houston	IAH 22:10 → DEN 23:57UA 1066	7h 34m	100%	89%
United Details →	LIT 07:05 → IAH 08:47UA 4301 · flown by CommuteAir	3h 46m Houston	IAH 12:33 → DEN 14:17UA 2168	8h 12m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	LIT 06:44 → ATL 09:16DL 1396	3h 34m Atlanta	ATL 12:50 → DEN 14:04DL 957	8h 20m	99%	86%
United Details →	LIT 07:20 → ORD 09:35UA 5501 · flown by SkyWest	1h 19m Chicago	ORD 10:54 → DEN 12:45UA 581	6h 25m	92%	85%
Delta Details →	LIT 05:25 → ATL 08:00DL 1565	3h 45m Atlanta	ATL 11:45 → DEN 12:59DL 706	8h 34m	99%	84%
American Details →	LIT 05:03 → CLT 08:12AA 3404 · flown by Envoy	3h 18m Charlotte	CLT 11:30 → DEN 12:56AA 1758	8h 53m	100%	81%
Delta Details →	LIT 09:27 → ATL 12:05DL 3033	1h 45m Atlanta	ATL 13:50 → DEN 15:00DL 530	6h 33m	96%	75%
United Details →	LIT 12:00 → IAH 13:37UA 4830 · flown by CommuteAir	2h 44m Houston	IAH 16:21 → DEN 18:23UA 484	7h 23m	96%	75%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	LIT 13:51 → DFW 15:25AA 3636 · flown by Envoy	48m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 16:13 → DEN 17:19AA 1322	4h 28m	67%	31%
American Details →	LIT 19:43 → DFW 21:18AA 3631 · flown by Envoy	1h 27m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:45 → DEN 23:55AA 662	5h 12m	73%	31%
American Details →	LIT 19:35 → ORD 21:40AA 4062 · flown by Envoy	54m Chicago	ORD 22:34 → DEN 00:17 +1AA 1387	5h 41m	56%	28%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

CLT · 1h 12m · leaves 07:09 2%

ORD · 1h 19m · leaves 07:20 8%

DFW · 1h 01m · leaves 06:00 18%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 48m · leaves 13:51 33%

ORD · 54m · leaves 19:35 44%

BNA · 50m · leaves 16:40 63%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.


Delta DL 1565 LIT 05:25 → ATL United UA 1327 ATL 11:10 → DEN Connection details →	3h 10m	8h 03m	98%	88%
American AA 3656 LIT 06:31 → ORD United UA 581 ORD 10:54 → DEN Connection details →	2h 12m	7h 14m	90%	87%
American AA 3364 LIT 06:01 → DFW United UA 2049 DFW 11:35 → DEN Connection details →	3h 55m	7h 44m	100%	84%

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Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON