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Route Reliability

New York → Bentonville

LGA–XNA · 1,147 miles · LaGuardia Airport to Northwest Arkansas National Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
5.1%
Cancelled
1,263
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines78%410 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines74%853 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

LGA–XNA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 60% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LGA–XNA flights arrived on time 78% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 69%.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 78% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 74%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 5.1% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Best historical flights

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

Top flights by on-time rate

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(185 flights)
  • Tue75%(193 flights)
  • Wed78%(190 flights)
  • Thu75%(188 flights)
  • Fri76%(177 flights)
  • Sat78%(88 flights)
  • Sun69%(164 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM84%(457 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(107 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(285 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(123 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(212 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 65% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202565%93
July 202559%96
August 202588%105
September 202590%108
October 202581%109
November 202571%93
December 202551%98
January 202679%90
February 202682%88
March 202673%97
April 202684%103
May 202680%105

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 1,263 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.