On-Time Report

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Airport month · July 2026

Northwest Arkansas National in July 2026

76.9%departed on time

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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,462 domestic departures from Northwest Arkansas National (XNA). 76.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.8% reached their destination on time; 2.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so XNA departures were 8.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 1,174 departures with 75.0% leaving on time: a change of +1.9 points, with flights up 25%.

Flights arriving at XNA that month were on time 70.1% of the time (1,461 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 17%.

Every scheduled departure from XNA in July 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

July 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJul 2026Jul 2025XNA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time76.9%75.0%80.6%68.8%
Arrived on time74.8%71.4%79.3%69.4%
Cancelled2.9%2.0%1.9%2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)22.5 min24.9 min17.1 min24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day49393921,066
Scheduled departures1,4621,17414,078631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines44631%78.9%10.3 min2.5%
MQ Envoy Air44030%82.7%4.6 min0.9%
AA American Airlines17912%73.2%17.9 min2.2%
OH PSA Airlines14810%62.8%42.3 min4.7%
G4 Allegiant Air987%50.0%43.8 min1.0%
YX Republic Airline795%65.8%7.2 min16.5%
UA United Airlines312%80.6%7.3 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines242%54.2%21.8 min8.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines171%88.2%-13.6 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
XNA–DFWFayetteville to Dallas/Fort Worth30873.7%17.3 min1.6%
XNA–ORDFayetteville to Chicago24774.1%9.3 min4.5%
XNA–DENFayetteville to Denver13980.6%6.9 min0.7%
XNA–CLTFayetteville to Charlotte11874.6%30.6 min0.8%
XNA–ATLFayetteville to Atlanta11369.0%22.7 min2.7%
XNA–LGAFayetteville to New York7965.8%7.2 min16.5%
XNA–PHLFayetteville to Philadelphia6262.9%35.1 min9.7%
XNA–LAXFayetteville to Los Angeles6195.1%-5.1 min0.0%
XNA–PHXFayetteville to Phoenix6195.1%-8.3 min0.0%
XNA–MSPFayetteville to Minneapolis5879.3%12.6 min0.0%
XNA–VPSFayetteville to Valparaiso3562.9%26.8 min0.0%
XNA–MIAFayetteville to Miami3293.8%-0.3 min0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jul 2026Minutes
Air carrier36.1%31.7%11,611
Late-arriving aircraft34.2%41.8%11,008
National Aviation System17.1%19.9%5,491
Extreme weather12.4%6.5%4,003
Security0.2%0.1%71
32,184 delay minutes on 316 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
← June 2026

Questions and answers

How many flights left XNA on time in July 2026?

76.9% of 1,462 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 75.0% of 1,174 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 76.9% and 2.9% in July 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for July 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.