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 75-minute layover misses 2% of the time at 10 am and 15% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	LIT	PHX	3h 22m	87%	0.3%	301	Flying now
Southwest	LIT	PHX	–	60%few flights	0.0%	5	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Phoenix on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Phoenix is 2 h behind Little Rock). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	LIT 05:03 → CLT 08:12AA 3404 · flown by Envoy	1h 28m Charlotte	CLT 09:40 → PHX 11:04AA 1986	8h 00m	100%	90%
American Details →	LIT 07:09 → CLT 10:18AA 4158 · flown by Envoy	1h 19m Charlotte	CLT 11:37 → PHX 12:56AA 588	7h 47m	98%	85%
United Details →	LIT 09:28 → IAH 11:15UA 4066 · flown by Mesa	3h 05m Houston	IAH 14:20 → PHX 15:10UA 1238	7h 42m	97%	84%
American Details →	LIT 06:01 → DFW 07:40AA 3364 · flown by Envoy	3h 10m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 10:50 → PHX 11:19AA 2990	7h 18m	100%	83%
United Details →	LIT 07:05 → IAH 08:47UA 4301 · flown by CommuteAir	53m Houston	IAH 09:40 → PHX 10:34UA 1895	5h 29m	93%	79%
Southwest Details →	LIT 05:30 → DAL 06:35WN 2517	2h 15m Dallas	DAL 08:50 → PHX 09:20WN 4410	5h 50m	96%	79%
Delta Details →	LIT 05:25 → ATL 08:00DL 1565	3h 10m Atlanta	ATL 11:10 → PHX 12:12DL 796	8h 47m	99%	78%
United Details →	LIT 09:00 → DEN 10:24UA 1081	1h 01m Denver	DEN 11:25 → PHX 12:25UA 1686	5h 25m	87%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	LIT 07:20 → ORD 09:35UA 5501 · flown by SkyWest	50m Chicago	ORD 10:25 → PHX 12:26UA 2822	7h 06m	74%	55%
United Details →	LIT 16:39 → DEN 18:25UA 5429 · flown by SkyWest	1h 07m Denver	DEN 19:32 → PHX 20:32UA 1729	5h 53m	70%	53%
American Details →	LIT 19:35 → ORD 21:40AA 4062 · flown by Envoy	54m Chicago	ORD 22:34 → PHX 00:14 +1AA 2786	6h 38m	56%	25%

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 19m · leaves 07:09 2%

DAL · 1h 15m · leaves 09:50 9%

DEN · 1h 01m · leaves 09:00 13%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 59m · leaves 18:53 25%

DEN · 1h 07m · leaves 16:39 30%

ORD · 54m · leaves 19:35 44%

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.


American AA 3625 LIT 10:29 → ORD United UA 2053 ORD 16:02 → PHX Connection details →	3h 30m	9h 24m	100%	77%
United UA 4066 LIT 09:28 → IAH American AA 2710 IAH 14:25 → PHX Connection details →	3h 10m	7h 50m	94%	74%
United UA 1081 LIT 09:00 → DEN American AA 1757 DEN 12:15 → PHX Connection details →	1h 51m	6h 08m	91%	74%

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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