Historical on-time performance
Chicago to Bentonville
522 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on ORD–XNA arrive on time 74% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.5%of scheduled flights
based on 1,486 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.
- SkyWest AirlinesOn-time77%Medianon timep9060 minCancel0.6%Flights159
- Envoy AirOn-time73%Medianon timep9050 minCancel1.7%Flights1,327
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline19%
- Weather13%
- Air traffic (NAS)24%
- Late aircraft43%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly ORD → XNA
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 73% to 83% on time.
- Mornings83% on time · p90 25 min · 1,733 flights
- Middays80% on time · p90 35 min · 840 flights
- Afternoons79% on time · p90 40 min · 997 flights
- Evenings73% on time · p90 50 min · 1,462 flights
- Overnights73% on time · p90 55 min · 451 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 75% to 82% on time.
- Tuesdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 679 flights
- Mondays81% on time · p90 35 min · 851 flights
- Saturdays80% on time · p90 30 min · 700 flights
- Wednesdays78% on time · p90 45 min · 776 flights
- Fridays77% on time · p90 40 min · 834 flights
- Sundays76% on time · p90 50 min · 812 flights
- Thursdays75% on time · p90 40 min · 831 flights
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