LIT → STL Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Little Rock, AR to St. Louis, MO · 460 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-03-04 · aggregated across 23 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 96% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 52% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
86%
Median delay
-11 min
90th percentile
+24 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from LIT to STL?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on LIT → STL (460 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-03-04), 86% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -11 min; the worst 10% ran +24 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time39386%
16-30 min286%
31-60 min194%
61-120 min72%
2+ hrs92%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-075775%+8 min
2025-085682%-5 min
2025-095691%0 min
2025-105788%-7 min
2025-115688%-2 min
2025-126085%+1 min
2026-015491%-8 min
2026-025288%-1 min
2026-038100%-10 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon6981%
Tue7296%
Wed7294%
Thu6974%
Fri6888%
Sat3985%
Sun6784%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…