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Airport month · March 2026
Northwest Arkansas National in March 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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,222 domestic departures from Northwest Arkansas National (XNA). 77.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.9% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so XNA departures were 4.6 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 1,083 departures with 79.8% leaving on time: a change of −2.4 points, with flights up 13%.
Flights arriving at XNA that month were on time 75.6% of the time (1,223 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 33%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 26%.
- On time 76.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.0%
- Cancelled 2.6%
- Diverted 0.4%
March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 | XNA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.4% | 79.8% | 80.6% | 72.8% |
| Arrived on time | 76.9% | 77.7% | 79.3% | 73.2% |
| Cancelled | 2.6% | 2.4% | 1.9% | 2.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 19.9 min | 17.0 min | 17.1 min | 20.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 41 | 36 | 39 | 20,403 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,222 | 1,083 | 14,078 | 612,102 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQ Envoy Air | 592 | 48% | 82.6% | 1.8 min | 1.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 259 | 21% | 76.4% | 19.0 min | 1.5% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 133 | 11% | 71.4% | 16.1 min | 6.8% |
| YX Republic Airline | 85 | 7% | 51.8% | 33.6 min | 9.4% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 66 | 5% | 72.7% | 23.0 min | 3.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 31 | 3% | 83.9% | 6.3 min | 3.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 31 | 3% | 74.2% | 5.5 min | 3.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 15 | 1% | 73.3% | 7.6 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 10 | 1% | 60.0% | 22.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XNA–DFW | Fayetteville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 316 | 81.0% | 5.0 min | 2.8% |
| XNA–ORD | Fayetteville to Chicago | 175 | 68.6% | 15.8 min | 2.9% |
| XNA–CLT | Fayetteville to Charlotte | 114 | 83.3% | 1.2 min | 1.8% |
| XNA–ATL | Fayetteville to Atlanta | 110 | 69.1% | 29.6 min | 2.7% |
| XNA–DEN | Fayetteville to Denver | 108 | 76.9% | 7.1 min | 0.9% |
| XNA–PHX | Fayetteville to Phoenix | 91 | 93.4% | -12.6 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–LGA | Fayetteville to New York | 80 | 51.2% | 33.2 min | 10.0% |
| XNA–DCA | Fayetteville to Washington | 31 | 90.3% | -8.4 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–LAX | Fayetteville to Los Angeles | 31 | 83.9% | 20.2 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–MIA | Fayetteville to Miami | 31 | 80.6% | 6.1 min | 3.2% |
| XNA–PHL | Fayetteville to Philadelphia | 31 | 87.1% | 8.8 min | 3.2% |
| XNA–SLC | Fayetteville to Salt Lake City | 31 | 74.2% | 30.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left XNA on time in March 2026?
77.4% of 1,222 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2025, 79.8% of 1,083 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 77.4% and 2.6% in March 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.