Carrier route record
MQCLT→LIT
Envoy Air · Charlotte to Little Rock
- Flights
- 654
- Period
- September 2025 to August 2026
- Share of route
- 52%
- Carriers
- 4
Historical statistics for September 2025 to August 2026, not live status. For today’s flights, check with Envoy Air.
Envoy on CLT to LIT lands a B, 3 points better than the national rate of 77.3%. About one flight in five arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by about an hour on average. That rests on 654 flights, with a median arrival 5 minutes early.
The US average over the same twelve months is 77.3%, so there is little to separate Envoy on CLT to LIT from the country as a whole. The variation that matters here is internal: which carrier, and what time of day.
Key figures
On time
80.7%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 644 completed flights
Avg delay
62 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
1.22%
National rate is 1.89%
Whole route
80.5%
Every carrier on CLT to LIT, 1,263 flights
These figures cover 654 flights between September 2025 and August 2026. The median arrival is 5 minutes early, which is the part an average hides: most flights here are fine, and the on-time rate is decided by a tail of badly late ones. On-time means under 15 minutes late, the DOT's own threshold.
Fare search by Aviasales, a Travelpayouts partner. Booking through it may earn this site a commission at no cost to you; it changes no figure here.
Carrier by carrier
Envoy against every carrier on CLT to LIT
Envoy flew 654 of the 1,263 flights on CLT to LIT, most of the route. Its 80.7% on time is about level with the route as a whole at 80.5%. Ranked by on-time rate it is number three of four carriers on the route, where the range runs from American at 85.4% to SkyWest at 74.3%. Two of those carriers flew fewer than 365 flights here, so treat their positions as rough.
Only one carrier clears this site's 365-flight floor here, so there is no comparison to draw. The table below is the full picture.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlinesthin sample | 41 | 85.4% | 32 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| PSA Airlines | 427 | 81.8% | 62 min | 4.68% | B− |
| Envoy Air (this page) | 654 | 80.7% | 62 min | 1.22% | B |
| SkyWest Airlinesthin sample | 141 | 74.3% | 136 min | 2.84% | C |
Flight by flight
Envoy flight numbers on CLT to LIT
Timetable by Aviasales, a Travelpayouts partner. Booking through it may earn this site a commission at no cost to you; it changes no figure here.
Departure window
When Envoy runs best on this route
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 18 points, against half a point between the best and worst carrier.
- 5am–8am—
- 8am–11am—
- 11am–2pm67 flights94.0%
- 2pm–5pm150 flights85.8%
- 5pm–8pm90 flights75.6%
- 8pm–5am347 flights77.3%
Scale runs 65% to 100%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
The best window here is not the first bank but the 11am–2pm slot at 94.0% on time, ahead of 5pm–8pm at 75.6%. Where the curve peaks mid-day rather than at dawn, the constraint is usually congestion at one end rather than the aircraft's own rotation. The 8pm–5am window is the busiest, with 347 flights scheduled in it.
Across the year
Envoy on CLT to LIT through the year
August is the worst month at 65.0% on time, 29 points below January, the best at 93.5%. Summer afternoon convection and peak-season schedules land on the same weeks every year, so this is a pattern you can book around rather than a run of bad luck. July was the busiest month here, with 106 flights.
Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 90.4% on time and Saturday the weakest at 71.4%, a spread of 19 points.
Arrival by arrival
How late Envoy on CLT to LIT runs when it is late
Envoy on CLT to LIT often beats the schedule: 174 of 644 completed flights, 27%, arrived 15 minutes or more early. The 124 late arrivals split 39 under half an hour, 45 between 30 and 60 minutes, and 40 an hour or more.
- 15+ min early174 flights27.0%
- Within 15 min346 flights53.7%
- 15–29 min late39 flights6.1%
- 30–59 min late45 flights7.0%
- 1–2 hours late25 flights3.9%
- 2+ hours late15 flights2.3%
Scale runs 0% to 100%.
Share of 644 completed flights by arrival against schedule.
32 of 130 late departures made up the time and arrived on time, 25% of them. 26 flights left on time and still arrived late.
The worst days
Worst days for Envoy on CLT to LIT
The latest arrival of the period was on 27 July 2026, 12 hours 30 minutes behind schedule; most of its delay minutes were filed as carrier-caused (crew, maintenance, fuelling, baggage). Three of the five worst days fell in July 2026.
| Date | Arrived late by | Largest filed cause |
|---|---|---|
| 27 July 2026 | 12 hours 30 minutes | Carrier |
| 11 July 2026 | 3 hours 22 minutes | Carrier |
| 6 July 2026 | 2 hours 57 minutes | Late-arriving aircraft |
| 12 March 2026 | 2 hours 55 minutes | Late-arriving aircraft |
| 26 May 2026 | 2 hours 43 minutes | Late-arriving aircraft |
Delay causes
Why Envoy runs late on this route
Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 44% of the 7,665 delay minutes carriers reported here, and the remaining four split what is left.
- 44%Late-arriving aircraft
- 30%Carrier
- 17%National Airspace System
- 9%Extreme weather
44% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. Across 7,665 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 5 to one. The split is drawn from 7,665 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations sit at 1.22% against a national 1.89%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.31%.
Connections and stage length
What a delay here costs
6.2% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 8.3%, so a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last about an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.
The 640 miles between these two airports put this in the middle of the US network, around two and a half to three hours of block time. That is enough cruise to absorb a ten-minute late pushback and not enough to absorb thirty.
The return leg is a different operation and performs like one: it runs 88.4% on time across 653 flights, 8 points above this direction. Departure banks, aircraft rotations and the congestion at each end all differ, so scoring the two directions together would average away a real 8 points of difference.
One caution: this is a thin sample. 654 flights over twelve months is enough to clear this site's floor but not enough to pin the rate down tightly, and a single bad week moves it by more than a point. Treat the grade as a rough reading.
What to do with this
Booking Envoy on CLT to LIT
Put together: treat all of this as provisional. 654 flights over twelve months is enough to clear this site's floor and not enough to be confident to better than a couple of points. The 80.7% headline is the most reliable number on the page; the hour and month splits below it are built on a few dozen flights each. 644 completed flights over 12 months sit behind that.
Related
Where to go next
- CLT to LIT, every carrier
- Envoy on LIT to CLT, the return leg
- PSA Airlines on CLT to LIT81.8%
- SkyWest Airlines on CLT to LIT74.3%
- Envoy Air network-wide record
- Charlotte Douglas International (CLT) delay statistics
- Why the first flight of the morning is statistically safest
- The best time of day to fly, according to 7.05 million flight records
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, September 2025 to August 2026. Last updated ; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.