Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) delays & on-time performance
Fayetteville, Arkansas · 26 nonstop destinations · 9 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at XNA right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.9%
274 flights
Avg arrival delay
18 min
90 min when late
Departed on time
82%
avg taxi-out 17 min
Figures cover 14,078 departures from XNA; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into XNA were on time 79% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1.9% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- Envoy Air was the most punctual airline here (84% on time); Allegiant Air was the least (69%).
- Departures scheduled around 8am did best (89% on time); around 7pm did worst (63%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (37%).
Most delayed routes from XNA
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ORD · Chicago77%1,842 flts
- LGA · New York78%897 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth79%3,541 flts
- DEN · Denver81%1,313 flts
- ATL · Atlanta83%1,099 flts
- PHL · Philadelphia84%477 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles86%441 flts
- CLT · Charlotte86%1,462 flts
- PHX · Phoenix88%828 flts
- SLC · Salt Lake City89%362 flts
Most reliable routes from XNA
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DCA · Washington92%365 flts
- SLC · Salt Lake City89%362 flts
- PHX · Phoenix88%828 flts
- CLT · Charlotte86%1,462 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles86%441 flts
- PHL · Philadelphia84%477 flts
- ATL · Atlanta83%1,099 flts
- DEN · Denver81%1,313 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth79%3,541 flts
- LGA · New York78%897 flts
Best airline at XNA
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 89% | 1.3% | 12 min | 2 | 319 |
| Envoy Air | 84% | 1.5% | 13 min | 7 | 5,867 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 82% | 1.4% | 16 min | 10 | 2,938 |
| Frontier Airlines | 80% | 0.7% | 21 min | 1 | 149 |
| PSA Airlines | 80% | 3.3% | 25 min | 3 | 1,355 |
| United Airlines | 80% | 0.8% | 16 min | 4 | 385 |
| Republic Airways | 78% | 4.9% | 19 min | 5 | 1,076 |
| American Airlines | 77% | 2.8% | 28 min | 5 | 1,201 |
| Allegiant Air | 69% | 0.5% | 30 min | 9 | 788 |
Best time to fly out of XNA
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am88%700 flts
- 6am89%1,638 flts
- 7am86%1,397 flts
- 8am89%966 flts
- 9am82%1,371 flts
- 10am86%616 flts
- 11am84%778 flts
- 12pm79%487 flts
- 1pm82%709 flts
- 2pm80%1,068 flts
- 3pm77%759 flts
- 4pm74%688 flts
- 5pm76%1,376 flts
- 6pm68%673 flts
- 7pm63%506 flts
- 8pm73%221 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft37%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion20%
- Extreme weather12%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.