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Airport month · April 2026
Northwest Arkansas National in April 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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,214 domestic departures from Northwest Arkansas National (XNA). 85.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.2% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so XNA departures were 6.2 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 1,040 departures with 75.5% leaving on time: a change of +9.8 points, with flights up 17%.
Flights arriving at XNA that month were on time 81.9% of the time (1,214 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 84.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.7%
- Cancelled 1.0%
- Diverted 0.1%
April 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2026 | Apr 2025 | XNA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 85.3% | 75.5% | 80.6% | 79.1% |
| Arrived on time | 84.2% | 73.4% | 79.3% | 78.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | 2.4% | 1.9% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.1 min | 21.5 min | 17.1 min | 14.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 41 | 35 | 39 | 19,931 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,214 | 1,040 | 14,078 | 597,919 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQ Envoy Air | 593 | 49% | 84.1% | 0.3 min | 1.7% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 218 | 18% | 89.0% | -3.2 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 138 | 11% | 87.7% | -1.8 min | 1.4% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 116 | 10% | 81.0% | 12.3 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 60 | 5% | 70.0% | 22.0 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 53 | 4% | 75.5% | 57.8 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 31 | 3% | 87.1% | -0.4 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 4 | 0% | 100.0% | -13.7 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1 | 0% | 100.0% | -24.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XNA–DFW | Fayetteville to Dallas/Fort Worth | 302 | 82.8% | 12.1 min | 1.7% |
| XNA–ORD | Fayetteville to Chicago | 206 | 74.3% | 9.1 min | 3.4% |
| XNA–CLT | Fayetteville to Charlotte | 115 | 89.6% | -8.1 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–DEN | Fayetteville to Denver | 94 | 89.4% | -5.1 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–ATL | Fayetteville to Atlanta | 93 | 90.3% | -3.0 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–PHX | Fayetteville to Phoenix | 86 | 90.7% | -3.3 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–LGA | Fayetteville to New York | 78 | 89.7% | -4.5 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–PHL | Fayetteville to Philadelphia | 54 | 79.6% | 28.0 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–DCA | Fayetteville to Washington | 30 | 100.0% | -17.7 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–LAX | Fayetteville to Los Angeles | 30 | 90.0% | -4.0 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–MIA | Fayetteville to Miami | 30 | 93.3% | -12.6 min | 0.0% |
| XNA–SLC | Fayetteville to Salt Lake City | 30 | 86.7% | -1.5 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left XNA on time in April 2026?
85.3% of 1,214 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In April 2025, 75.5% of 1,040 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 85.3% and 1.0% in April 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 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.