Northwest Arkansas National in August 2023

80.6%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,059 domestic departures from Northwest Arkansas National (XNA). 80.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.2% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so XNA departures were 3.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at XNA that month were on time 80.5% of the time (1,059 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and extreme weather 11%.

On time 80.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.2%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from XNA in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	XNA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	80.6%	—	80.6%	76.7%
Arrived on time	80.2%	—	79.3%	76.9%
Cancelled	1.1%	—	1.9%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.6 min	—	17.1 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	35	—	39	20,100
Scheduled departures	1,059	—	14,078	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	475	45%	82.9%	5.6 min	0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	209	20%	79.9%	1.9 min	1.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	141	13%	83.7%	5.2 min	2.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	73	7%	61.6%	46.1 min	2.7%
AA American Airlines	59	6%	67.8%	36.4 min	1.7%
YX Republic Airline	56	5%	85.7%	-7.4 min	1.8%
9E Endeavor Air	27	3%	88.9%	-7.1 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	17	2%	76.5%	7.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	2	0%	0.0%	34.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
XNA–DFW	Fayetteville to Dallas/Fort Worth	266	83.1%	10.0 min	0.0%
XNA–ORD	Fayetteville to Chicago	172	78.5%	7.6 min	0.6%
XNA–ATL	Fayetteville to Atlanta	141	83.7%	5.2 min	2.8%
XNA–CLT	Fayetteville to Charlotte	123	75.6%	9.7 min	1.6%
XNA–DEN	Fayetteville to Denver	110	72.7%	10.0 min	1.8%
XNA–LGA	Fayetteville to New York	54	85.2%	-6.7 min	1.9%
XNA–LAX	Fayetteville to Los Angeles	40	80.0%	17.4 min	2.5%
XNA–PHX	Fayetteville to Phoenix	31	87.1%	-11.3 min	0.0%
XNA–DCA	Fayetteville to Washington	27	96.3%	-4.8 min	0.0%
XNA–MSP	Fayetteville to Minneapolis	27	88.9%	-7.1 min	0.0%
XNA–VPS	Fayetteville to Valparaiso	24	66.7%	7.2 min	4.2%
XNA–SFB	Fayetteville to Sanford	12	75.0%	10.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	47.0%	36.7%	8,440
Late-arriving aircraft	32.5%	42.2%	5,842
National Aviation System	9.3%	15.7%	1,677
Extreme weather	11.1%	5.1%	1,989
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

17,948 delay minutes on 193 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left XNA on time in August 2023?

80.6% of 1,059 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for XNA · methodology · corrections.