Flights Bentonville → Minneapolis
XNA → MSP
Route overview
The flight route from Bentonville to Minneapolis has an on-time performance rate of 80%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 11.8 minutes. This route, originating from the airport opened in 1998, connects to one of the busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, handling over thirty-one 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) → Minneapolis (MSP) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 149 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.01%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.5/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Bentonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Minneapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Bentonville (XNA) to Minneapolis (MSP) heads north for about 960 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 37m.
Departures from Bentonville on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 55% of XNA-MSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Bentonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Minneapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 149 tracked XNA-MSP flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 2.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about XNA-MSP
On the Bentonville (XNA) -> Minneapolis (MSP) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 149 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Bentonville-Minneapolis is 2.01% across 149 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.
