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Airport Reliability

XNA · Bentonville

Northwest Arkansas National Airport

82%
Departures within 15 minutes
13 min
Average departure delay
79%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
1.9%
Departures cancelled

Based on 18,776 departures and 18,777 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

Departures from XNA departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 66% between 6–9 PM.

Wednesday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 82% on time on Wednesdays against 78% on Sundays.

Slipping a little lately.

Departures from XNA arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% in the three months before that.

When XNA gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM87%(692 flights)
  • 6–9 AM87%(4666 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(4063 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(2735 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(4236 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(1871 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM69%(108 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(2788 flights)
  • Tue82%(2469 flights)
  • Wed82%(2513 flights)
  • Thu81%(2779 flights)
  • Fri80%(2787 flights)
  • Sat81%(2236 flights)
  • Sun78%(2799 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 72% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%1593
July 202574%1600
August 202580%1528
September 202584%1512
October 202584%1609
November 202582%1523
December 202579%1469
January 202684%1302
February 202686%1323
March 202678%1591
April 202683%1609
May 202679%1712

Airlines departing XNA

Busiest routes from XNA

Based on 18,776 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.