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Route Reliability

Denver → Bentonville

DEN–XNA · 616 miles · Denver International Airport to Northwest Arkansas National Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
1,246
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Frontier Airlines85%139 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines81%1,107 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DEN–XNA flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 74% between 3–6 PM.

Any day works.

Weekday differences are small here: 80% to 83% on time across the week.

Frontier Airlines has a slight edge here.

Frontier Airlines arrived on time 85% of the time on this route; United Airlines managed 81%.

Ticking up lately.

DEN–XNA flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon81%(192 flights)
  • Tue82%(162 flights)
  • Wed81%(170 flights)
  • Thu81%(176 flights)
  • Fri83%(190 flights)
  • Sat81%(166 flights)
  • Sun80%(183 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(387 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(382 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(456 flights)
  • 6–9 PM83%(12 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(2 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 68% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%102
July 202567%106
August 202578%107
September 202584%107
October 202583%117
November 202590%101
December 202587%100
January 202681%94
February 202678%83
March 202683%107
April 202695%94
May 202683%121

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Based on 1,246 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.