Northwest Arkansas National in February 2024

88.7%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 921 domestic departures from Northwest Arkansas National (XNA). 88.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.0% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so XNA departures were 4.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at XNA that month were on time 85.5% of the time (922 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 85.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.7%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from XNA in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	XNA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	88.7%	—	80.6%	84.0%
Arrived on time	85.0%	—	79.3%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	1.9%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.2 min	—	17.1 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	31	—	39	17,307
Scheduled departures	921	—	14,078	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	382	41%	85.1%	-1.9 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	198	21%	84.3%	9.6 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	85	9%	80.0%	6.6 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	77	8%	94.8%	-12.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	61	7%	77.0%	27.4 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	54	6%	85.2%	-0.8 min	1.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	48	5%	95.8%	-12.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	16	2%	68.8%	19.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
XNA–DFW	Fayetteville to Dallas/Fort Worth	241	80.5%	4.0 min	0.0%
XNA–ORD	Fayetteville to Chicago	137	88.3%	-6.4 min	0.0%
XNA–CLT	Fayetteville to Charlotte	116	89.7%	-2.6 min	0.0%
XNA–ATL	Fayetteville to Atlanta	104	95.2%	-11.8 min	0.0%
XNA–DEN	Fayetteville to Denver	88	78.4%	30.0 min	0.0%
XNA–LGA	Fayetteville to New York	50	84.0%	-0.2 min	2.0%
XNA–LAX	Fayetteville to Los Angeles	34	70.6%	3.5 min	0.0%
XNA–DCA	Fayetteville to Washington	29	79.3%	-4.4 min	0.0%
XNA–PHX	Fayetteville to Phoenix	29	93.1%	-5.7 min	0.0%
XNA–MSP	Fayetteville to Minneapolis	21	95.2%	-14.7 min	0.0%
XNA–IAH	Fayetteville to Houston	12	91.7%	-14.2 min	0.0%
XNA–AZA	Fayetteville to Phoenix	9	88.9%	-10.3 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	38.4%	35.9%	3,682
Late-arriving aircraft	36.8%	36.9%	3,528
National Aviation System	19.4%	21.7%	1,854
Extreme weather	5.1%	5.3%	490
Security	0.3%	0.3%	24

9,578 delay minutes on 135 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 February 2024?

88.7% of 921 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.