Northwest Arkansas National in November 2024

86.1%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,263 domestic departures from Northwest Arkansas National (XNA). 86.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.6% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so XNA departures were 0.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 986 departures with 89.5% leaving on time: a change of −3.4 points, with flights up 28%.

Flights arriving at XNA that month were on time 86.7% of the time (1,266 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 85.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.8%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	XNA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	86.1%	89.5%	80.6%	85.2%
Arrived on time	85.6%	87.1%	79.3%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.0%	1.9%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.8 min	6.7 min	17.1 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	42	33	39	19,180
Scheduled departures	1,263	986	14,078	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	500	40%	85.6%	2.6 min	0.8%
9E Endeavor Air	268	21%	90.7%	-4.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	198	16%	84.3%	3.0 min	1.5%
AA American Airlines	112	9%	79.5%	50.0 min	0.9%
YX Republic Airline	64	5%	85.9%	-8.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	55	4%	76.4%	0.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	33	3%	97.0%	-17.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	21	2%	66.7%	16.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	6	0%	100.0%	-12.0 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	6	0%	83.3%	-1.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
XNA–DFW	Fayetteville to Dallas/Fort Worth	279	81.7%	16.4 min	1.8%
XNA–ORD	Fayetteville to Chicago	188	87.8%	-3.1 min	0.5%
XNA–ATL	Fayetteville to Atlanta	180	90.6%	-2.0 min	0.0%
XNA–CLT	Fayetteville to Charlotte	131	89.3%	16.9 min	0.0%
XNA–DEN	Fayetteville to Denver	111	81.1%	9.1 min	1.8%
XNA–LGA	Fayetteville to New York	102	84.3%	-5.8 min	0.0%
XNA–PHX	Fayetteville to Phoenix	58	91.4%	-6.5 min	0.0%
XNA–MSP	Fayetteville to Minneapolis	50	86.0%	-1.2 min	0.0%
XNA–LAX	Fayetteville to Los Angeles	38	84.2%	-5.4 min	0.0%
XNA–DCA	Fayetteville to Washington	32	84.4%	-0.3 min	0.0%
XNA–MIA	Fayetteville to Miami	27	81.5%	1.8 min	0.0%
XNA–DTW	Fayetteville to Detroit	16	100.0%	-20.3 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	42.2%	36.9%	7,113
Late-arriving aircraft	28.6%	35.6%	4,818
National Aviation System	14.3%	21.9%	2,413
Extreme weather	14.0%	5.4%	2,362
Security	0.9%	0.2%	149

16,855 delay minutes on 174 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 November 2024?

86.1% of 1,263 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 89.5% of 986 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 86.1% and 0.6% in November 2024.

Provenance

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