Flights Bentonville → Charlotte
XNA → CLT
Route overview
The flight route from Bentonville to Charlotte operates with a Canadair Regional Jet 700 and has an on-time performance rate of 88%, with an average delay of just 3.2 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 333 flights, connecting the relatively newer Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport, which opened in 1998, to one of the busiest airports in the United States, Charlotte Douglas International Airport, serving over 47 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Bentonville (XNA) → Charlotte (CLT) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 457 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 5 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.97%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Bentonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Charlotte: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Bentonville (XNA) to Charlotte (CLT) heads east for about 1,211 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 56m.
Departures from Bentonville on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 53% of XNA-CLT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Bentonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charlotte it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 457 tracked XNA-CLT flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 5 min and a 2.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about XNA-CLT
On the Bentonville (XNA) -> Charlotte (CLT) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 5 minutes, based on 457 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Bentonville-Charlotte is 1.97% across 457 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
