DFW to XNA flight delays
DFW XNA Dallas Fort Worth to Northwest Arkansas · 280 miles
10,094 flights were scheduled from DFW to XNA over July 2023 through June 2026. Of the 9,858 that made the trip, 79% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. These are arrival figures: “on time” means the flight reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Arrivals are what decide whether you make the connection, so route and airline pages are scored on them rather than on pushback.
Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics
The route in brief
- Flights in the window
- 10,094
- Arrived on time
- 79%
- Cancelled
- 2.1%
- Scheduled distance
- 280 miles
Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled. Diverted flights are counted with them rather than as very late arrivals, which is why the on-time share and the cancellation rate do not add up to everything that happened.
Airline by airline
Airlines with at least 100 flights on DFW–XNA, busiest first. Same route, same weather, same air traffic — which makes this the fairest comparison on the site.
| Airline | Arrived on time | Typical delay | Cancelled | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envoy Air | 82.5% | 56 min | 1.8% | 7,530 |
| American Airlines | 63.9% | 97 min | 2.8% | 1,790 |
| PSA Airlines | 79.5% | 72 min | 3.9% | 647 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 78.2% | — | 2.4% | 127 |
A dash under typical delay means fewer than 30 of that airline’s flights arrived 15 minutes late or more — too few to average.
Month by month
June was the month to avoid on DFW–XNA: 71.3% of flights arrived on time, against 87.8% in November. Each bar pools three years of that calendar month.
| Month | Share flights that arrived on time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| January | 78.1% | 805 |
| February | 84.1% | 749 |
| March | 77.7% | 898 |
| April | 77.2% | 877 |
| May | 73.1% | 893 |
| June | 71.3% | 861 |
| July | 75.4% | 844 |
| August | 79.2% | 840 |
| September | 77.3% | 830 |
| October | 84.9% | 852 |
| November | 87.8% | 814 |
| December | 83.1% | 831 |
Both ends of the route
A route’s record is built out of two airports’ habits. The hour-by-hour grid for each is on its own page.
DFW to XNA in one number
DFW → XNA
When a flight on this route was late, it was late by about 69 min.
Questions about DFW to XNA
- Which airline is most reliable from DFW to XNA?
- Envoy Air — its flights on this pairing arrived on time 82.5% of the time, with 7,530 scheduled. American Airlines came in at 63.9% over 1,790 scheduled. Airlines with fewer than 100 flights on the route are not rated.
- What is the worst month to fly DFW to XNA?
- June, at 71.3% of arrivals on time, with 861 flights scheduled. November was the best of the year at 87.8%.
- How late are DFW–XNA flights when they are late?
- 69 min on average, counting only the flights that arrived 15 minutes or more behind schedule. The on-time flights are left out of that average on purpose — mixing them in would flatter it.
- How often is the DFW to XNA flight cancelled?
- 2.1% of scheduled flights on this route were cancelled, July 2023 through June 2026. Diverted flights are counted with the cancellations rather than as late arrivals.
- Are these departure or arrival numbers?
- Arrival. A flight counts as on time here if it reached the gate at XNA less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Airport pages score departures instead, because that is the number you can act on when you pick a booking time.