Airports › Fayetteville (XNA) › May 2025
Airport month · May 2025
Northwest Arkansas National in May 2025
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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,080 domestic departures from Northwest Arkansas National (XNA). 73.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.4% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so XNA departures were 3.3 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 1,152 departures with 75.4% leaving on time: a change of −2.0 points, with flights down 6%.
Flights arriving at XNA that month were on time 70.8% of the time (1,079 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 31%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and extreme weather 25%.
- On time 73.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.6%
- Cancelled 1.8%
- Diverted 0.2%
May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2025 | May 2024 | XNA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 73.4% | 75.4% | 80.6% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 73.4% | 73.3% | 79.3% | 75.4% |
| Cancelled | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 25.4 min | 21.9 min | 17.1 min | 17.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 36 | 38 | 39 | 20,188 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,080 | 1,152 | 14,078 | 605,648 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQ Envoy Air | 486 | 45% | 72.8% | 17.7 min | 2.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 152 | 14% | 78.9% | 13.0 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 122 | 11% | 66.4% | 29.4 min | 4.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 119 | 11% | 77.3% | 10.2 min | 1.7% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 92 | 9% | 70.7% | 45.8 min | 1.1% |
| YX Republic Airline | 61 | 6% | 77.0% | 13.5 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 31 | 3% | 71.0% | 8.6 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 10 | 1% | 60.0% | 41.6 min | 10.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 7 | 1% | 85.7% | -0.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XNA–DFW | Fayetteville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 308 | 66.2% | 29.3 min | 4.2% |
| XNA–ORD | Fayetteville to Chicago | 169 | 72.8% | 17.4 min | 1.2% |
| XNA–CLT | Fayetteville to Charlotte | 155 | 81.3% | 3.0 min | 0.6% |
| XNA–DEN | Fayetteville to Denver | 103 | 68.9% | 29.0 min | 1.0% |
| XNA–PHX | Fayetteville to Phoenix | 62 | 79.0% | 4.2 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–LGA | Fayetteville to New York | 54 | 77.8% | 14.9 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–LAX | Fayetteville to Los Angeles | 39 | 82.1% | 3.9 min | 2.6% |
| XNA–DCA | Fayetteville to Washington | 31 | 87.1% | -5.3 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–PHL | Fayetteville to Philadelphia | 31 | 64.5% | 25.2 min | 3.2% |
| XNA–SLC | Fayetteville to Salt Lake City | 31 | 93.5% | -9.4 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–VPS | Fayetteville to Valparaiso | 24 | 70.8% | 95.9 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–SFB | Fayetteville to Sanford | 13 | 61.5% | 22.7 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left XNA on time in May 2025?
73.4% of 1,080 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2024, 75.4% of 1,152 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 73.4% and 1.8% in May 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.