Note A - Basis of Presentation	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements
Basis of Accounting [Text Block]	NOTE A: BASIS OF PRESENTATION Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to “P.A.M.,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us” mean P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. and its subsidiaries. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In management’s opinion, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2020 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. Operating results for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2021. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and the footnotes thereto included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. On July 13, 2021, our Board of Directors authorized a 2-for-1 forward stock split of the shares of our common stock, which was effected in the form of a 100% stock dividend. The stock split entitled each shareholder of record at the close of business on July 30, 2021 to receive one additional share of common stock for each share of common stock owned as of that date and was paid on August 16, 2021. Upon the completion of the stock split, our outstanding shares increased from approximately 5.7 million shares to approximately 11.4 million shares. All share and per share amounts in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q give effect to the stock split and have been adjusted retroactively, where applicable, for all periods presented.

Note A - Basis of Presentation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

NOTE A: BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to “P.A.M.,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us” mean P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In management’s opinion, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2020 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. Operating results for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2021. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and the footnotes thereto included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.

On July 13, 2021, our Board of Directors authorized a 2-for-1 forward stock split of the shares of our common stock, which was effected in the form of a 100% stock dividend. The stock split entitled each shareholder of record at the close of business on July 30, 2021 to receive one additional share of common stock for each share of common stock owned as of that date and was paid on August 16, 2021. Upon the completion of the stock split, our outstanding shares increased from approximately 5.7 million shares to approximately 11.4 million shares. All share and per share amounts in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q give effect to the stock split and have been adjusted retroactively, where applicable, for all periods presented.