XNA to ATL flight delays
Fayetteville, AR (XNA) Atlanta, GA (ATL) · 589 miles
1,076 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
84.09%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.67%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
95 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
16 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Delta Air Lines arrived on time 11.1 points more often than SkyWest Airlines over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 95 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
The season swings this route hard. In September it ran 23.8 points more punctual than in March — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The route has been getting worse. The later months run 8 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on XNA to ATL. SkyWest Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in March.
Every airline on XNA to ATL
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 720 | 80.37% | 2.08% | 95 min | C |
| Delta Air Lines | 356 | 91.5% | 0.84% | 97 min | A |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ATL to XNA Atlanta back to Fayetteville 79.92% on time COther routes from Fayetteville
Common questions
Are flights from Fayetteville to Atlanta usually delayed?
84.09% of flights on the XNA to ATL route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Fayetteville to Atlanta?
Delta Air Lines, at 91.5% on time across 356 flights. The least punctual on the route was SkyWest Airlines at 80.37%.
How often are XNA to ATL flights cancelled?
1.67% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 17 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Fayetteville to Atlanta?
September, when 94.8% of flights arrived on time. The worst was March at 71%.
When XNA to ATL flights are late, how late are they?
About 95 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on XNA to ATL during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →