Flights Bentonville → Detroit
XNA → DTW
Route overview
The flight route from Bentonville to Detroit, operating since 1998, sees an average of 89 flights per year with a Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft. With a punctuality rate of 76%, these flights experience an average delay of 22.5 minutes, serving the highly trafficked destination airport in Detroit which handles over 28 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) → Detroit (DTW) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 89 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 23 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Bentonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Detroit: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Bentonville (XNA) to Detroit (DTW) heads north-east for about 1,149 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 51m.
Departures from Bentonville on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 80% of XNA-DTW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Bentonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Detroit it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 89 tracked XNA-DTW flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 23 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
Airlines operating XNA-DTW
Airports
Frequently asked questions about XNA-DTW
On the Bentonville (XNA) -> Detroit (DTW) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 23 minutes, based on 89 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Bentonville-Detroit is 0.00% across 89 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
