OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Atlanta to Bentonville

589 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ATL–XNA arrive on time 77% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate77%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.2%of scheduled flights

based on 916 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time80%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel1.3%
    Flights318
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel2.7%
    Flights598

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline72%
  • Weather14%
  • Air traffic (NAS)10%
  • Late aircraft4%
  • Security1%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline25%
  • Weather60%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 20 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly ATL → XNA

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 75% to 88% on time.

  • Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 728 flights
  • Afternoons88% on time · p90 15 min · 617 flights
  • Middays84% on time · p90 25 min · 851 flights
  • Overnights83% on time · p90 30 min · 915 flights
  • Evenings75% on time · p90 60 min · 630 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 80% to 87% on time.

  • Thursdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 551 flights
  • Wednesdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 535 flights
  • Tuesdays86% on time · p90 25 min · 536 flights
  • Saturdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 453 flights
  • Fridays81% on time · p90 30 min · 557 flights
  • Mondays81% on time · p90 40 min · 556 flights
  • Sundays80% on time · p90 35 min · 553 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.