The flight time from Chicago to Little Rock is 1 hour, 50 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves ORD Chicago, IL 2 minutes early.
20 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 22 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives LIT Little Rock, AR 5 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
82%
American
78%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Chicago to Little Rock is 1 hour, 50 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 22 minutes.

The flight distance from Chicago to Little Rock is 552 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Little Rock to Chicago
1 hour, 52 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
1h 49m
United
1h 51m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

35

Distance

552 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND050100150

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
17
United
17

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Chicago from Little Rock by plane?

The distance from Chicago to Little Rock by plane is 552 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Chicago to Little Rock?

The flight time from Chicago to Little Rock is 1 hour, 50 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 22 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with American being the fastest taking 1 hour, 49 minutes, and United the slowest taking 1 hour, 51 minutes.

What airlines fly from Chicago to Little Rock?

American and United are the airlines with direct flights from Chicago to Little Rock.

Does Southwest fly from Chicago to Little Rock?

Southwest does not fly from Chicago (ORD) to Little Rock (LIT). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Chicago 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 20 minutes
In the Air 82 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives Little Rock 5 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Chicago to Little Rock, American is 78% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 78% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 82% 17% 1%
American 78% 21% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Chicago and Little Rock, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
American 19 82 5 109
United 22 82 5 111

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
5pm 0.01
8am 1.27
7pm 1.12
6pm 0.24
11am 0.01
2pm 0.14
9am 0.09
12pm 0.69
8pm 0.46
10am 0.19
3pm 0.42
9pm 0
4pm 0.04
1pm 0.32

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago to Little Rock that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 152
February 141
March 168
April 147
May 157
June 172
July 171
August 171
September 161
October 151
November 130
December 119

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago to Little Rock that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 5.31
Tuesday 4.81
Wednesday 5.1
Thursday 5.29
Friday 5.29
Saturday 4.29
Sunday 5.31

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
American 0
United 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
5pm 26 83 7 116
8am 22 83 5 112
7pm 21 82 6 111
6pm 23 78 6 111
11am 23 96 5 124
2pm 17 82 7 110
9am 25 85 5 119
12pm 20 82 5 108
8pm 23 84 6 115
10am 18 80 5 102
3pm 17 80 5 105
9pm 12 82 10 104
4pm 14 91 6 116
1pm 16 83 5 108
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.