On-Time Report

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Airport month · August 2024

Northwest Arkansas National in August 2024

83.1%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,239 domestic departures from Northwest Arkansas National (XNA). 83.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.4% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so XNA departures were 7.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 1,059 departures with 80.6% leaving on time: a change of +2.5 points, with flights up 17%.

Flights arriving at XNA that month were on time 78.3% of the time (1,238 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 17%.

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

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

MeasureAug 2024Aug 2023XNA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time83.1%80.6%80.6%75.4%
Arrived on time81.4%80.2%79.3%74.7%
Cancelled0.7%1.1%1.9%2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.2 min17.6 min17.1 min18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day41353920,634
Scheduled departures1,2391,05914,078619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MQ Envoy Air49040%82.2%6.5 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines21818%85.3%0.4 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air14111%82.3%-4.2 min0.7%
AA American Airlines968%62.5%41.2 min2.1%
YX Republic Airline847%76.2%4.5 min6.0%
DL Delta Air Lines806%92.5%-11.2 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air776%76.6%2.9 min1.3%
UA United Airlines313%93.5%0.1 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines192%73.7%3.6 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines30%100.0%0.7 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
XNA–DFWFayetteville to Dallas/Fort Worth29278.4%15.1 min0.0%
XNA–ORDFayetteville to Chicago20584.4%-1.6 min0.0%
XNA–ATLFayetteville to Atlanta15091.3%-9.4 min0.7%
XNA–CLTFayetteville to Charlotte12072.5%23.9 min1.7%
XNA–DENFayetteville to Denver11279.5%9.1 min0.0%
XNA–LGAFayetteville to New York8371.1%5.1 min6.0%
XNA–IAHFayetteville to Houston5392.5%-1.8 min0.0%
XNA–MSPFayetteville to Minneapolis4577.8%-2.0 min0.0%
XNA–LAXFayetteville to Los Angeles4288.1%-7.9 min0.0%
XNA–DCAFayetteville to Washington3183.9%-2.4 min0.0%
XNA–PHXFayetteville to Phoenix3190.3%-9.4 min0.0%
XNA–VPSFayetteville to Valparaiso2580.0%0.1 min0.0%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2024Minutes
Air carrier40.7%33.8%6,907
Late-arriving aircraft38.4%39.8%6,501
National Aviation System17.4%20.4%2,942
Extreme weather3.5%5.9%590
Security0.1%0.1%10
16,950 delay minutes on 215 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left XNA on time in August 2024?

83.1% of 1,239 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 80.6% of 1,059 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 83.1% and 0.7% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.