On-Time Report

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Airport month · February 2025

Northwest Arkansas National in February 2025

77.3%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 878 domestic departures from Northwest Arkansas National (XNA). 77.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.3% reached their destination on time; 3.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so XNA departures were 1.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 921 departures with 88.7% leaving on time: a change of −11.4 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at XNA that month were on time 74.7% of the time (879 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 22% and extreme weather 20%.

Every scheduled departure from XNA in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureFeb 2025Feb 2024XNA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time77.3%88.7%80.6%79.2%
Arrived on time72.3%85.0%79.3%77.9%
Cancelled3.9%0.1%1.9%1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)20.4 min10.2 min17.1 min15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day29313916,830
Scheduled departures87892114,078504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MQ Envoy Air41848%73.9%8.6 min3.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines17220%75.6%21.0 min3.5%
AA American Airlines8810%64.8%32.8 min3.4%
YX Republic Airline8410%75.0%2.5 min4.8%
G4 Allegiant Air506%64.0%20.1 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines384%63.2%1.7 min18.4%
UA United Airlines283%71.4%-3.3 min3.6%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
XNA–DFWFayetteville to Dallas/Fort Worth24671.5%16.4 min2.0%
XNA–CLTFayetteville to Charlotte13668.4%15.9 min5.1%
XNA–ORDFayetteville to Chicago12875.0%15.7 min3.1%
XNA–DENFayetteville to Denver8467.9%12.9 min3.6%
XNA–PHXFayetteville to Phoenix5685.7%-6.8 min3.6%
XNA–LGAFayetteville to New York5273.1%-0.6 min7.7%
XNA–DCAFayetteville to Washington2882.1%-8.9 min7.1%
XNA–IAHFayetteville to Houston2875.0%53.7 min3.6%
XNA–LAXFayetteville to Los Angeles2867.9%15.5 min3.6%
XNA–PHLFayetteville to Philadelphia2268.2%-3.2 min18.2%
XNA–SLCFayetteville to Salt Lake City1687.5%-17.3 min6.3%
XNA–BNAFayetteville to Nashville887.5%8.5 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2025Minutes
Air carrier21.8%33.9%4,058
Late-arriving aircraft38.0%36.9%7,057
National Aviation System19.8%22.5%3,679
Extreme weather20.4%6.6%3,793
Security0.0%0.1%0
18,587 delay minutes on 207 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 February 2025?

77.3% of 878 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 88.7% of 921 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 77.3% and 3.9% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.