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Airport month · January 2026
Northwest Arkansas National in January 2026
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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,077 domestic departures from Northwest Arkansas National (XNA). 79.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.4% reached their destination on time; 6.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so XNA departures were 3.5 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 933 departures with 78.6% leaving on time: a change of +0.5 points, with flights up 15%.
Flights arriving at XNA that month were on time 76.5% of the time (1,076 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 13%.
- On time 78.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.7%
- Cancelled 6.9%
- Diverted 0.1%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | XNA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.1% | 78.6% | 80.6% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 78.4% | 75.8% | 79.3% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 6.9% | 3.9% | 1.9% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.1 min | 18.7 min | 17.1 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 36 | 31 | 39 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,077 | 933 | 14,078 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQ Envoy Air | 500 | 46% | 82.6% | -0.4 min | 6.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 263 | 24% | 77.9% | 7.8 min | 5.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 99 | 9% | 71.7% | 4.4 min | 10.1% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 69 | 6% | 76.8% | 2.3 min | 11.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 59 | 5% | 66.1% | 12.8 min | 15.3% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 39 | 4% | 64.1% | 22.3 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 31 | 3% | 80.6% | 5.1 min | 3.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 14 | 1% | 71.4% | 1.5 min | 7.1% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 3 | 0% | 100.0% | -10.7 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XNA–DFW | Fayetteville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 274 | 77.4% | 4.7 min | 8.0% |
| XNA–CLT | Fayetteville to Charlotte | 123 | 81.3% | -4.2 min | 11.4% |
| XNA–ATL | Fayetteville to Atlanta | 107 | 74.8% | 1.2 min | 8.4% |
| XNA–DEN | Fayetteville to Denver | 96 | 80.2% | 16.5 min | 3.1% |
| XNA–ORD | Fayetteville to Chicago | 89 | 80.9% | 4.0 min | 3.4% |
| XNA–LGA | Fayetteville to New York | 75 | 70.7% | 5.3 min | 8.0% |
| XNA–PHX | Fayetteville to Phoenix | 74 | 85.1% | 5.4 min | 4.1% |
| XNA–DCA | Fayetteville to Washington | 31 | 80.6% | -12.9 min | 9.7% |
| XNA–LAX | Fayetteville to Los Angeles | 31 | 74.2% | 0.6 min | 3.2% |
| XNA–MIA | Fayetteville to Miami | 31 | 90.3% | -15.6 min | 6.5% |
| XNA–SLC | Fayetteville to Salt Lake City | 31 | 93.5% | -11.6 min | 3.2% |
| XNA–PHL | Fayetteville to Philadelphia | 30 | 76.7% | -0.6 min | 13.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left XNA on time in January 2026?
79.1% of 1,077 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 78.6% of 933 departures left on time and 3.9% were cancelled, against 79.1% and 6.9% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.