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Airport month · December 2024
Northwest Arkansas National in December 2024
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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,289 domestic departures from Northwest Arkansas National (XNA). 81.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.7% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so XNA departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 997 departures with 89.7% leaving on time: a change of −8.2 points, with flights up 29%.
Flights arriving at XNA that month were on time 80.1% of the time (1,290 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, national aviation system 28% and air carrier 21%.
- On time 79.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.8%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.2%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | XNA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.5% | 89.7% | 80.6% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 79.7% | 86.1% | 79.3% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | 0.1% | 1.9% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.6 min | 6.8 min | 17.1 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 43 | 33 | 39 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,289 | 997 | 14,078 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQ Envoy Air | 503 | 39% | 77.3% | 13.6 min | 0.4% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 295 | 23% | 80.0% | 2.0 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 169 | 13% | 90.5% | -6.0 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 93 | 7% | 73.1% | 12.2 min | 1.1% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 76 | 6% | 68.4% | 22.8 min | 1.3% |
| YX Republic Airline | 67 | 5% | 82.1% | -1.6 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 43 | 3% | 79.1% | 2.3 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 32 | 2% | 96.9% | -16.3 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 9 | 1% | 77.8% | -5.3 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 2 | 0% | 100.0% | -16.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XNA–DFW | Fayetteville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 292 | 75.7% | 20.5 min | 1.0% |
| XNA–ATL | Fayetteville to Atlanta | 184 | 83.7% | 1.5 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–ORD | Fayetteville to Chicago | 165 | 77.6% | 6.6 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–CLT | Fayetteville to Charlotte | 150 | 80.7% | 1.6 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–DEN | Fayetteville to Denver | 103 | 88.3% | -3.3 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–LGA | Fayetteville to New York | 98 | 81.6% | -4.1 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–PHX | Fayetteville to Phoenix | 61 | 86.9% | -5.9 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–MSP | Fayetteville to Minneapolis | 44 | 68.2% | 14.0 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–LAX | Fayetteville to Los Angeles | 42 | 95.2% | -12.5 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–DCA | Fayetteville to Washington | 30 | 70.0% | 4.0 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–DTW | Fayetteville to Detroit | 26 | 88.5% | -10.6 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–MIA | Fayetteville to Miami | 18 | 83.3% | 8.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left XNA on time in December 2024?
81.5% of 1,289 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 89.7% of 997 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 81.5% and 0.3% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.