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Route Reliability

Chicago → Bentonville

ORD–XNA · 522 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Northwest Arkansas National Airport

74
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
2.0%
Cancelled
2,918
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines77%1,577 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines74%1,341 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ORD–XNA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 69% between 3–6 PM.

Tuesday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 78% on time on Tuesdays against 73% on Fridays.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 77% of the time on this route; United Airlines managed 74%.

Trending in the right direction.

ORD–XNA flights arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 68% 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

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(439 flights)
  • Tue78%(353 flights)
  • Wed75%(400 flights)
  • Thu76%(423 flights)
  • Fri73%(432 flights)
  • Sat78%(364 flights)
  • Sun75%(440 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM84%(668 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(229 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(565 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(611 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(656 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM72%(122 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 74% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%256
July 202572%239
August 202581%242
September 202585%236
October 202582%263
November 202577%237
December 202559%208
January 202667%181
February 202679%213
March 202670%255
April 202676%253
May 202682%268

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Based on 2,918 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.