Route profile
XNA→DFW
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers to Dallas–Fort Worth, 280 miles.
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Route reliability
July 2023 – July 2026
Better than 18% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 10,396 flights. How this is calculated · What counts as on time
XNA → DFW arrives on time 77.0% of the time; the return trip, DFW → XNA, arrives on time 78.7% of the time.
XNA → DFW spends 31.9 minutes on the ground on a 280-mile trip: 17.0 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at XNA and 14.8 minutes from touchdown to gate at DFW.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What sets this route apart
Where XNA to DFW differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – July 2026.
XNA to DFW struggles most at 7 AM: 75.1% of its flights scheduled then arrive on time, 14.3 points behind the 89.4% on routes of similar length at the same hour. Against all other routes the gap is 12.7 points.
XNA to DFW is at its best against routes of similar length for flights scheduled at 8 PM: 74.9% arrive on time, 5.2 points ahead of the 69.7% those routes manage at that hour. Against all other routes the gap is 7.5 points.
Wednesday is the day XNA to DFW slips furthest against routes of similar length, 77.0% on time where they average 82.7%, 5.7 points lower. Against all other routes the gap is 3.8 points.
In January, XNA to DFW runs 9 points below routes of similar length, 71.8% on time to 80.8%. Against all other routes the gap is 7.3 points.
American Airlines’ flights on XNA to DFW arrive on time 70.8% of the time, 4 points below the 74.8% it manages on its routes of similar length. Against all other routes the gap is 4.3 points.
XNA to DFW against comparable routes
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 7 AM departures | 75.1% | routes of similar length | 89.4% | −14.3 pts | 1,030 here, 39,732 there |
| Hour: 8 PM departures | 74.9% | routes of similar length | 69.7% | +5.2 pts | 602 here, 31,409 there |
| Weekday: Wednesday | 77.0% | routes of similar length | 82.7% | −5.7 pts | 1,375 here, 89,509 there |
| Month: January | 71.8% | routes of similar length | 80.8% | −9.0 pts | 758 here, 44,652 there |
| Airline: American Airlines | 70.8% | routes of similar length | 74.8% | −4.0 pts | 1,844 here, 71,400 there |
Each comparison pools the flights of other routes, with this route’s own left out. Similar length means within 15% of this route’s 280 miles, with at least 5 such routes. A bucket is set against the most comparable group that has enough flights: similar length, then the same origin (at least 3 routes), then all other routes. Hours, weekdays and months appear only where both sides have 120 completed flights, and airlines where both have 600. The gap must be at least 2 points and 2 standard errors, and only the largest gap each way is kept per measure. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.
XNA to DFW in context
This route against XNA and DFW as a whole, against similar routes from XNA, and against its own first year, July 2023 – July 2026.
Leaving XNA, XNA to DFW is on time 77.0% of the time, 4.5 points worse than the airport’s other departures at XNA (81.5%, from 30,552 flights).
XNA to DFW arrived on time 79.1% of the time in its latest twelve months (August 2025 to July 2026), 4 points above the 75.1% of its first twelve (July 2023 to June 2024).
Cancellations rose from 1.30% of scheduled flights (40 of 3,071) in the first twelve months to 2.65% (94 of 3,541) in the latest twelve.
Of the 10,251 flights scheduled in hours with at least 120 flights, 10 AM is the busiest hour with 1,103 (10.8%), 83.2% of them on time, and 7 PM the quietest with 257 (2.5%), 71.7% of them on time.
Airport comparisons take this route’s flights out of the airport total. Length means within 15% of this route’s distance, with at least 3 other routes from the same origin. On-time gaps are stated at 2 points and 2 standard errors, cancellation gaps at 0.5 points and 2 standard errors, and every group needs 750 flights. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.
Why XNA → DFW flights are cancelled
July 2023 – July 2026
XNA → DFW cancelled 219 of 10,396 scheduled flights — about 1 in every 47. The reason filed most often was extreme weather, 79.0% of the cancellations coded on this route — about 1 in every 60 scheduled flights.
Share of cancellations
Of 219 cancelled departures carrying a reason code.
What each reason means
Conditions the carrier judged severe enough to stop the flight: a blizzard, a hurricane, a line of thunderstorms.
173 cancellations, 79.0% of the total.
Airport capacity, air traffic control flow programs, heavy traffic and ordinary bad weather. A system decision, not the airline’s.
24 cancellations, 11.0% of the total.
Crew, maintenance, aircraft cleaning, baggage or fueling: what BTS counts as within the carrier’s own control.
22 cancellations, 10.0% of the total.
A terminal evacuation, a security breach, screening equipment failure, or screening queues over 29 minutes.
0 cancellations, 0.0% of the total.
Reason codes are the operating airline’s own filing with US DOT, not an independent finding of fault. Ordinary bad weather is filed under air traffic, so weather’s full share is larger than its bar.
219 coded cancellations were recorded on XNA → DFW; the section appears from 50.
When it goes wrong
July 2023 – July 2026
55 min late
against a median of 4 min early
Percentiles over 10,396 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at DFW after arriving from XNA.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 41% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 22% | High risk |
| 60 min | 15% | Some risk |
| 90 min | 9.3% | Some risk |
| 120 min | 6.4% | Some risk |
This is one leg of a connection. Gate changes and the next flight's own schedule matter too. And a connection can fail before delay is even the question — this route cancels 2.11% of the time and diverts 0.17% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 10,159 arrivals on this route that landed later than the connection time less 30 minutes to reach the next gate.
The worst tenth of arrivals on this route land at least 55 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 10,396 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Best time to fly
XNA → DFW flights departing 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 83.1% of the time, against 65.8% for 3–6 PM departures, a gap of 17.3 percentage points.
By day and hour
On-time arrival rate for each weekday and scheduled departure hour, in local time at the departure airport (XNA).
Hour of departure matters more than day of the week: hourly averages sit a typical 6.8 points from the route-wide rate, weekday averages 2.1 points.
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On-time rate, % · stronger color, fewer on time
- 60–64
- 65–69
- 70–74
- 75–79
- 80–84
- 85–89
- 90–94
- Fewer than 120 flights, not scored
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · On time is arrival within 15 minutes of schedule. Cells round to whole percentages; the table shows one decimal.
No slot is named best or worst: too few reach 500 flights. Departures before 6 AM and after 7 PM (1,543 flights) are not drawn: no slot in those hours has enough flights to score.
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| Hour | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 AM–7 AM | 78.9% on time157 flights | 85.4% on time152 flights | 83.1% on time148 flights | 88.4% on time150 flights | 80.7% on time154 flights | 80.4% on time156 flights | 81.4% on time149 flights |
| 7 AM–8 AM | 71.3% on time150 flights | 86.0% on time146 flights | 76.0% on time150 flights | 75.8% on time151 flights | 72.3% on time149 flights | 68.0% on time149 flights | 76.9% on time150 flights |
| 8 AM–9 AM | 66 flights, too few to score | 60 flights, too few to score | 64 flights, too few to score | 66 flights, too few to score | 66 flights, too few to score | 62 flights, too few to score | 65 flights, too few to score |
| 9 AM–10 AM | 82.2% on time138 flights | 90.4% on time126 flights | 81.5% on time126 flights | 86.1% on time137 flights | 85.8% on time140 flights | 82.8% on time135 flights | 79.8% on time130 flights |
| 10 AM–11 AM | 81.1% on time160 flights | 85.8% on time149 flights | 82.2% on time156 flights | 82.4% on time161 flights | 88.4% on time158 flights | 80.8% on time160 flights | 82.1% on time159 flights |
| 11 AM–12 PM | 13 flights, too few to score | 13 flights, too few to score | 15 flights, too few to score | 16 flights, too few to score | 13 flights, too few to score | 14 flights, too few to score | 15 flights, too few to score |
| 12 PM–1 PM | 82.8% on time147 flights | 84.2% on time142 flights | 107 flights, too few to score | 84.3% on time142 flights | 82.8% on time148 flights | 56 flights, too few to score | 79.0% on time145 flights |
| 1 PM–2 PM | 0 flights, too few to score | 0 flights, too few to score | 0 flights, too few to score | 0 flights, too few to score | 0 flights, too few to score | 0 flights, too few to score | 0 flights, too few to score |
| 2 PM–3 PM | 76.3% on time158 flights | 83.8% on time143 flights | 81.5% on time159 flights | 80.0% on time155 flights | 79.7% on time157 flights | 81.4% on time133 flights | 76.6% on time158 flights |
| 3 PM–4 PM | 9 flights, too few to score | 0 flights, too few to score | 0 flights, too few to score | 11 flights, too few to score | 11 flights, too few to score | 5 flights, too few to score | 10 flights, too few to score |
| 4 PM–5 PM | 61.4% on time148 flights | 66.7% on time135 flights | 115 flights, too few to score | 65.9% on time145 flights | 65.7% on time145 flights | 73 flights, too few to score | 60.5% on time149 flights |
| 5 PM–6 PM | 45 flights, too few to score | 37 flights, too few to score | 47 flights, too few to score | 43 flights, too few to score | 46 flights, too few to score | 46 flights, too few to score | 44 flights, too few to score |
| 6 PM–7 PM | 66.4% on time144 flights | 66.2% on time139 flights | 70.5% on time135 flights | 65.6% on time132 flights | 65.4% on time134 flights | 64.8% on time127 flights | 61.1% on time134 flights |
By departure window
By departure hour
- 12 AM to 4 AM: too few flights to score
- 5 AM: 82.7% on time from 666 flights
- 6 AM: 82.6% on time from 1,066 flights
- 7 AM: 75.1% on time from 1,045 flights
- 8 AM: 76.6% on time from 449 flights
- 9 AM: 84.1% on time from 932 flights
- 10 AM: 83.2% on time from 1,103 flights
- 11 AM: too few flights to score
- 12 PM: 81.3% on time from 887 flights
- 1 PM: too few flights to score
- 2 PM: 79.8% on time from 1,063 flights
- 3 PM: too few flights to score
- 4 PM: 63.7% on time from 910 flights
- 5 PM: 71.4% on time from 308 flights
- 6 PM: 65.7% on time from 945 flights
- 7 PM: 71.7% on time from 257 flights
- 8 PM: 74.9% on time from 620 flights
- 9 PM to 11 PM: too few flights to score
Why XNA → DFW runs late
July 2023 – July 2026
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for XNA → DFW. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Late-arriving aircraft is the largest cause on XNA → DFW, at 42.3%: flights here mostly leave late because the plane came in late, and the day shows it: 9 AM–12 PM departures arrived on time 83.1% of the time and 3–6 PM departures 65.8%.
Airlines on this route
Carriers with at least 200 flights, by the airline that operated each one.
| Carrier | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe |
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| Envoy Air | 7,684 | 78.7% | 1.72% | -4 min | 7.9% |
| American Airlines | 1,903 | 70.8% | 2.89% | 0 min | 14.9% |
| PSA Airlines | 683 | 75.3% | 4.39% | -5 min | 12.0% |
Envoy Air flew 74.8% of the 10,270 flights listed. PSA Airlines cancelled 4.39% of its flights here against 1.72% for Envoy Air.
Envoy Air arrived on time 7.9 percentage points more often than American Airlines on this route.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 6.4 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 71.8%
- Feb: 80.2%
- Mar: 79.8%
- Apr: 77.5%
- May: 71.1%
- Jun: 71.6%
- Jul: 72.3%
- Aug: 78.7%
- Sep: 77.9%
- Oct: 83.1%
- Nov: 82.6%
- Dec: 80.0%
May is historically the weakest month and October the strongest, a spread of 12.0 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
- July 2023: 80.3% from 254 flights
- August 2023: 83.4% from 266 flights
- September 2023: 70.5% from 246 flights
- October 2023: 75.2% from 259 flights
- November 2023: 84.6% from 247 flights
- December 2023: 83.8% from 247 flights
- January 2024: 56.8% from 250 flights
- February 2024: 80.5% from 241 flights
- March 2024: 73.6% from 269 flights
- April 2024: 75.7% from 261 flights
- May 2024: 62.8% from 270 flights
- June 2024: 73.8% from 261 flights
- July 2024: 64.7% from 295 flights
- August 2024: 78.4% from 292 flights
- September 2024: 86.2% from 283 flights
- October 2024: 94.9% from 297 flights
- November 2024: 83.2% from 279 flights
- December 2024: 76.5% from 292 flights
- January 2025: 73.6% from 282 flights
- February 2025: 73.3% from 246 flights
- March 2025: 81.0% from 311 flights
- April 2025: 72.4% from 312 flights
- May 2025: 69.2% from 308 flights
- June 2025: 72.2% from 293 flights
- July 2025: 70.0% from 294 flights
- August 2025: 74.4% from 281 flights
- September 2025: 75.9% from 301 flights
- October 2025: 77.7% from 296 flights
- November 2025: 80.2% from 286 flights
- December 2025: 80.2% from 290 flights
- January 2026: 84.1% from 274 flights
- February 2026: 86.2% from 261 flights
- March 2026: 83.9% from 316 flights
- April 2026: 84.2% from 302 flights
- May 2026: 79.9% from 317 flights
- June 2026: 69.0% from 309 flights
- July 2026: 74.9% from 308 flights
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 79.1% against 77.6% in the 12 months before — improving by 1.5 percentage points.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 10,396 XNA → DFW flight records from the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, covering July 2023 – July 2026. Late means 15 or more minutes past scheduled arrival; cancelled and diverted flights are left out of on-time rates.
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