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LAX vs XNA - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
LAX

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles, California

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Airport B
XNA

Fayetteville, AR

Fayetteville, Arkansas

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric LAX XNA
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 82.8% 83.2%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 72.9 min 78.1 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 17.2% 16.8%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 0.74% 1.05%
Total Flights 2,137,032 130,348
Delayed Flights 366,815 21,956
Cancelled Flights 15,795 1,365
Top Delay Cause Carrier Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

LAX - Los Angeles, CA

Carrier 41.7%
Late Aircraft 36.3%
NAS 18.5%
Weather 3.3%
Security 0.2%

XNA - Fayetteville, AR

Late Aircraft 36.3%
Carrier 30.3%
NAS 20.3%
Weather 12.9%
Security 0.2%

Top Routes

Top routes from LAX

Route Flights On-Time
LAX → SFO
San Francisco
63,553 78.7%
SFO → LAX
Los Angeles
63,540 82.9%
LAX → LAS
Las Vegas
55,240 78.9%
LAS → LAX
Los Angeles
55,149 79.4%
JFK → LAX
Los Angeles
53,628 81.3%
LAX → JFK
New York
53,619 81.8%

Top routes from XNA

Route Flights On-Time
DFW → XNA
Fayetteville
16,983 81.2%
XNA → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
16,983 79.4%
XNA → ORD
Chicago
9,253 82.9%
ORD → XNA
Fayetteville
9,240 81.3%
XNA → ATL
Atlanta
7,948 90.3%
ATL → XNA
Fayetteville
7,947 89.3%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.