Flights Bentonville → Los Angeles
XNA → LAX
Route overview
The flight route from Bentonville to Los Angeles, operated by a Canadair Regional Jet 700, has an on-time performance rate of 84%, with an average delay of 16.8 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 89 flights, connecting the relatively newer Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (opened in 1998) to the historic Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), which opened way back in 1926 and currently serves over 76 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) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 122 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Bentonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Bentonville (XNA) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads west for about 2,202 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 10m.
Departures from Bentonville on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 98% of XNA-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Bentonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Los Angeles it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 122 tracked XNA-LAX flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 0.0% 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-LAX
On the Bentonville (XNA) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 122 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Bentonville-Los Angeles is 0.00% across 122 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.
