On-Time Report

Airports › Fayetteville (XNA) › March 2025

Airport month · March 2025

Northwest Arkansas National in March 2025

79.8%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,083 domestic departures from Northwest Arkansas National (XNA). 79.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.7% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so XNA departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 1,040 departures with 83.2% leaving on time: a change of −3.4 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at XNA that month were on time 75.0% of the time (1,082 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 14%.

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

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

MeasureMar 2025Mar 2024XNA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time79.8%83.2%80.6%79.9%
Arrived on time77.7%82.9%79.3%79.3%
Cancelled2.4%1.3%1.9%1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)17.0 min13.3 min17.1 min14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day36353920,029
Scheduled departures1,0831,04014,078600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MQ Envoy Air51748%77.8%5.1 min2.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines20219%81.7%0.7 min1.0%
AA American Airlines11711%72.6%18.2 min0.9%
G4 Allegiant Air817%71.6%34.3 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline676%74.6%13.3 min3.0%
OH PSA Airlines565%76.8%3.2 min10.7%
UA United Airlines313%90.3%5.9 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines121%83.3%14.3 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
XNA–DFWFayetteville to Dallas/Fort Worth31178.1%7.6 min3.5%
XNA–CLTFayetteville to Charlotte14875.7%10.7 min2.0%
XNA–ORDFayetteville to Chicago13968.3%13.9 min2.2%
XNA–DENFayetteville to Denver10483.7%1.6 min0.0%
XNA–PHXFayetteville to Phoenix6587.7%-8.9 min1.5%
XNA–LGAFayetteville to New York5773.7%7.8 min3.5%
XNA–IAHFayetteville to Houston4979.6%14.5 min2.0%
XNA–LAXFayetteville to Los Angeles4170.7%9.5 min2.4%
XNA–DCAFayetteville to Washington3193.5%-6.3 min3.2%
XNA–PHLFayetteville to Philadelphia3180.6%-2.6 min9.7%
XNA–SLCFayetteville to Salt Lake City3193.5%-13.8 min0.0%
XNA–SFBFayetteville to Sanford1283.3%19.1 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Mar 2025Minutes
Air carrier28.7%33.0%5,190
Late-arriving aircraft45.1%39.2%8,156
National Aviation System14.4%21.9%2,596
Extreme weather11.9%5.9%2,146
Security0.0%0.1%0
18,088 delay minutes on 214 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 March 2025?

79.8% of 1,083 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 83.2% of 1,040 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 79.8% and 2.4% in March 2025.

Provenance

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