Northwest Arkansas National in October 2024

91.8%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,298 domestic departures from Northwest Arkansas National (XNA). 91.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.3% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so XNA departures were 6.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 1,029 departures with 87.9% leaving on time: a change of +3.9 points, with flights up 26%.

Flights arriving at XNA that month were on time 89.8% of the time (1,296 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 90.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.7%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	XNA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	91.8%	87.9%	80.6%	85.5%
Arrived on time	90.3%	86.7%	79.3%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.6%	1.9%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.0 min	9.0 min	17.1 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	43	34	39	20,517
Scheduled departures	1,298	1,029	14,078	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	432	33%	92.8%	-5.7 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	234	18%	88.5%	1.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	217	17%	90.8%	-2.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	166	13%	85.5%	0.1 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	83	6%	92.8%	-6.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	53	4%	90.6%	-3.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	44	3%	86.4%	0.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	2%	90.3%	-6.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	22	2%	86.4%	-3.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	16	1%	93.8%	-14.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
XNA–DFW	Fayetteville to Dallas/Fort Worth	297	94.9%	-6.8 min	0.0%
XNA–ATL	Fayetteville to Atlanta	195	89.2%	5.3 min	0.0%
XNA–ORD	Fayetteville to Chicago	174	90.2%	-6.8 min	0.0%
XNA–CLT	Fayetteville to Charlotte	149	83.9%	3.5 min	0.0%
XNA–DEN	Fayetteville to Denver	115	87.0%	-2.5 min	0.0%
XNA–LGA	Fayetteville to New York	112	88.4%	1.1 min	0.0%
XNA–PHX	Fayetteville to Phoenix	62	91.9%	-8.5 min	0.0%
XNA–DCA	Fayetteville to Washington	52	92.3%	-6.3 min	0.0%
XNA–MSP	Fayetteville to Minneapolis	50	88.0%	-7.7 min	0.0%
XNA–LAX	Fayetteville to Los Angeles	40	95.0%	-11.3 min	0.0%
XNA–VPS	Fayetteville to Valparaiso	18	94.4%	-9.7 min	0.0%
XNA–BNA	Fayetteville to Nashville	9	88.9%	18.1 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	53.3%	42.7%	4,413
Late-arriving aircraft	32.3%	37.4%	2,676
National Aviation System	11.9%	16.3%	984
Extreme weather	2.5%	3.4%	210
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,283 delay minutes on 126 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 2024?

91.8% of 1,298 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 87.9% of 1,029 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 91.8% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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