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Airport month · September 2025
Northwest Arkansas National in September 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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,039 domestic departures from Northwest Arkansas National (XNA). 81.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.2% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so XNA departures were 1.7 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 1,232 departures with 88.1% leaving on time: a change of −6.7 points, with flights down 16%.
Flights arriving at XNA that month were on time 79.2% of the time (1,041 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 30% and extreme weather 18%.
- On time 81.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.9%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.3%
September 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2025 | Sep 2024 | XNA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.4% | 88.1% | 80.6% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 81.2% | 86.7% | 79.3% | 82.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 0.2% | 1.9% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.2 min | 11.7 min | 17.1 min | 12.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 35 | 41 | 39 | 18,748 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,039 | 1,232 | 14,078 | 562,439 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQ Envoy Air | 399 | 38% | 85.2% | 1.7 min | 0.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 153 | 15% | 81.7% | 5.8 min | 0.7% |
| AA American Airlines | 140 | 13% | 68.6% | 34.1 min | 2.1% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 99 | 10% | 80.8% | 0.1 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 83 | 8% | 73.5% | 9.0 min | 1.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 60 | 6% | 93.3% | 0.0 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 58 | 6% | 91.4% | -12.5 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 30 | 3% | 76.7% | 11.4 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 17 | 2% | 58.8% | 21.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XNA–DFW | Fayetteville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 301 | 74.4% | 15.1 min | 1.7% |
| XNA–CLT | Fayetteville to Charlotte | 124 | 85.5% | 6.7 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–ORD | Fayetteville to Chicago | 121 | 84.3% | 1.2 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–DEN | Fayetteville to Denver | 107 | 74.8% | 13.3 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–LGA | Fayetteville to New York | 76 | 72.4% | 9.6 min | 1.3% |
| XNA–PHX | Fayetteville to Phoenix | 59 | 81.4% | 4.8 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–ATL | Fayetteville to Atlanta | 58 | 94.8% | -5.1 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–DCA | Fayetteville to Washington | 32 | 96.9% | -10.4 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–LAX | Fayetteville to Los Angeles | 30 | 86.7% | 2.2 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–PHL | Fayetteville to Philadelphia | 30 | 90.0% | 5.5 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–SLC | Fayetteville to Salt Lake City | 30 | 90.0% | -6.0 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–VPS | Fayetteville to Valparaiso | 25 | 92.0% | -17.9 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left XNA on time in September 2025?
81.4% of 1,039 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2024, 88.1% of 1,232 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 81.4% and 0.6% in September 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.