On-Time Report

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Airport month · September 2024

Northwest Arkansas National in September 2024

88.1%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,232 domestic departures from Northwest Arkansas National (XNA). 88.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.7% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so XNA departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 1,017 departures with 81.6% leaving on time: a change of +6.5 points, with flights up 21%.

Flights arriving at XNA that month were on time 85.1% of the time (1,232 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 12%.

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

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

MeasureSep 2024Sep 2023XNA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time88.1%81.6%80.6%84.4%
Arrived on time86.7%79.0%79.3%83.9%
Cancelled0.2%0.7%1.9%0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)11.7 min13.3 min17.1 min10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day41343919,421
Scheduled departures1,2321,01714,078582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MQ Envoy Air42635%84.7%3.1 min0.2%
AA American Airlines19316%83.4%12.4 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air18515%89.7%0.2 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines15112%85.4%-4.7 min0.7%
YX Republic Airline1059%95.2%-10.0 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines625%93.5%-10.5 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air585%87.9%11.2 min0.0%
UA United Airlines302%80.0%10.5 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines222%81.8%-4.4 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
XNA–DFWFayetteville to Dallas/Fort Worth28386.2%7.2 min0.0%
XNA–ORDFayetteville to Chicago20484.3%-3.9 min0.5%
XNA–ATLFayetteville to Atlanta16392.6%-5.3 min0.0%
XNA–CLTFayetteville to Charlotte14681.5%11.3 min0.7%
XNA–DENFayetteville to Denver11280.4%2.9 min0.0%
XNA–LGAFayetteville to New York10192.1%-1.5 min0.0%
XNA–PHXFayetteville to Phoenix5894.8%-1.8 min0.0%
XNA–MSPFayetteville to Minneapolis4381.4%0.0 min0.0%
XNA–LAXFayetteville to Los Angeles3989.7%-9.5 min0.0%
XNA–DCAFayetteville to Washington3093.3%-10.1 min0.0%
XNA–VPSFayetteville to Valparaiso2286.4%-6.0 min0.0%
XNA–BNAFayetteville to Nashville988.9%-0.3 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Sep 2024Minutes
Air carrier51.0%38.6%7,018
Late-arriving aircraft32.8%38.4%4,519
National Aviation System12.0%18.2%1,656
Extreme weather4.1%4.8%566
Security0.0%0.1%0
13,759 delay minutes on 160 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 September 2024?

88.1% of 1,232 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 81.6% of 1,017 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 88.1% and 0.2% in September 2024.

Provenance

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