Northwest Arkansas National in October 2023

87.9%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,029 domestic departures from Northwest Arkansas National (XNA). 87.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.7% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so XNA departures were 4.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at XNA that month were on time 84.5% of the time (1,030 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 86.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.6%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	XNA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	87.9%	—	80.6%	83.8%
Arrived on time	86.7%	—	79.3%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	1.9%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.0 min	—	17.1 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	34	—	39	19,966
Scheduled departures	1,029	—	14,078	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	489	48%	82.6%	1.9 min	1.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	217	21%	91.2%	-2.9 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	79	8%	78.5%	9.4 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	74	7%	95.9%	-13.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	61	6%	98.4%	-14.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	54	5%	98.1%	-5.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	29	3%	79.3%	39.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	17	2%	88.2%	-2.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	7	1%	57.1%	7.5 min	14.3%
UA United Airlines	2	0%	100.0%	-30.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
XNA–DFW	Fayetteville to Dallas/Fort Worth	259	73.7%	8.3 min	1.9%
XNA–ORD	Fayetteville to Chicago	168	89.9%	-1.3 min	0.0%
XNA–ATL	Fayetteville to Atlanta	123	97.6%	-14.5 min	0.0%
XNA–CLT	Fayetteville to Charlotte	123	89.4%	5.3 min	0.8%
XNA–DEN	Fayetteville to Denver	111	89.2%	-2.5 min	0.0%
XNA–LGA	Fayetteville to New York	53	98.1%	-5.6 min	0.0%
XNA–LAX	Fayetteville to Los Angeles	40	87.5%	1.0 min	0.0%
XNA–PHX	Fayetteville to Phoenix	31	96.8%	-7.1 min	0.0%
XNA–DCA	Fayetteville to Washington	27	96.3%	-13.8 min	0.0%
XNA–VPS	Fayetteville to Valparaiso	20	95.0%	-15.3 min	0.0%
XNA–MSP	Fayetteville to Minneapolis	16	87.5%	-6.7 min	0.0%
XNA–BNA	Fayetteville to Nashville	14	78.6%	2.9 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	34.8%	41.3%	3,082
Late-arriving aircraft	39.3%	40.5%	3,480
National Aviation System	19.9%	14.4%	1,762
Extreme weather	6.1%	3.7%	539
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,863 delay minutes on 130 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 October 2023?

87.9% of 1,029 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.