Flights Houston → Bentonville
IAH → XNA
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Bentonville has an on-time performance rate of 84%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 12.3 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1998, serves over one million passengers annually, making it a significant hub for the region.
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 Houston (IAH) → Bentonville (XNA) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 434 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.53%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Bentonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Bentonville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Bentonville (XNA) heads north for about 707 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 18m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 47% of IAH-XNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Bentonville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 434 tracked IAH-XNA flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 2.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about IAH-XNA
On the Houston (IAH) -> Bentonville (XNA) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 434 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Bentonville is 2.53% across 434 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United 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.
