OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Bentonville to Atlanta

589 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on XNA–ATL arrive on time 83% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate83%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.1%of scheduled flights

based on 915 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Delta Air Linesbest
    On-time90%
    Medianon time
    p9010 min
    Cancel1.3%
    Flights317
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel2.5%
    Flights598

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline63%
  • Weather22%
  • Air traffic (NAS)9%
  • Late aircraft5%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline26%
  • Weather58%
  • Air traffic (NAS)16%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 19 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 XNA → ATL

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 83% to 89% on time.

  • Middays89% on time · p90 10 min · 1,030 flights
  • Mornings87% on time · p90 15 min · 1,552 flights
  • Evenings85% on time · p90 20 min · 556 flights
  • Afternoons83% on time · p90 30 min · 604 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 84% to 91% on time.

  • Thursdays91% on time · p90 10 min · 553 flights
  • Wednesdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 536 flights
  • Fridays87% on time · p90 15 min · 558 flights
  • Tuesdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 536 flights
  • Saturdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 455 flights
  • Sundays84% on time · p90 20 min · 548 flights
  • Mondays84% on time · p90 25 min · 556 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.