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Airport month · December 2025
Northwest Arkansas National in December 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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,103 domestic departures from Northwest Arkansas National (XNA). 81.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.5% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so XNA departures were 9.1 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 1,289 departures with 81.5% leaving on time: a change of −0.4 points, with flights down 14%.
Flights arriving at XNA that month were on time 75.1% of the time (1,101 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 22%.
- On time 80.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.6%
- Cancelled 0.8%
- Diverted 0.1%
December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | XNA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.1% | 81.5% | 80.6% | 72.0% |
| Arrived on time | 80.5% | 79.7% | 79.3% | 71.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.8% | 0.3% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 17.3 min | 15.6 min | 17.1 min | 21.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 37 | 43 | 39 | 19,410 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,103 | 1,289 | 14,078 | 582,304 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQ Envoy Air | 523 | 47% | 82.6% | 2.4 min | 0.4% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 243 | 22% | 82.3% | 3.6 min | 0.8% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 86 | 8% | 82.6% | 24.8 min | 3.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 83 | 8% | 77.1% | 5.0 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 74 | 7% | 62.2% | 46.4 min | 2.7% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 55 | 5% | 76.4% | 2.9 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 31 | 3% | 83.9% | 6.3 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 8 | 1% | 87.5% | 2.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XNA–DFW | Fayetteville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 290 | 79.7% | 5.4 min | 0.7% |
| XNA–CLT | Fayetteville to Charlotte | 125 | 82.4% | 14.1 min | 1.6% |
| XNA–ORD | Fayetteville to Chicago | 124 | 74.2% | 14.9 min | 0.8% |
| XNA–DEN | Fayetteville to Denver | 101 | 85.1% | 0.5 min | 1.0% |
| XNA–ATL | Fayetteville to Atlanta | 77 | 80.5% | 8.4 min | 1.3% |
| XNA–LGA | Fayetteville to New York | 74 | 62.2% | 46.4 min | 2.7% |
| XNA–PHX | Fayetteville to Phoenix | 62 | 87.1% | -4.5 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–LAX | Fayetteville to Los Angeles | 33 | 84.8% | 0.8 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–MIA | Fayetteville to Miami | 31 | 96.8% | -10.9 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–DCA | Fayetteville to Washington | 30 | 93.3% | -16.0 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–PHL | Fayetteville to Philadelphia | 30 | 96.7% | -9.1 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–SLC | Fayetteville to Salt Lake City | 29 | 86.2% | 0.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left XNA on time in December 2025?
81.1% of 1,103 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2024, 81.5% of 1,289 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 81.1% and 0.8% in December 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.