November 15, 2023
Terrific October, but Math Suggests XNA Won’t Reach 1 Million
October is almost always a big month at Northwest Arkansas National Airport, but it’s never been this good. The airport…
October 31, 2023
25 Years of XNA Marked by Near-Constant Changes
One constant at Northwest Arkansas National Airport is its ever-changing nature. The increasing passengers, new flights, runway repairs, a parking…
October 27, 2023
‘Dead Zone’ Makes for Affordable XNA Getaway
Finding the right place to go for the right amount of money always matters. There’s no better time to price…
October 14, 2023
7 Straight Record Months Sets Stage for Record Year
September was the Northwest Arkansas National Airport’s seventh consecutive month of record-breaking traffic. Data provided by the airport Friday shows…
October 11, 2023
Fares to Tampa Fell 60% at XNA, Data Shows
Flying to Chicago, Denver and Tampa/St. Petersburg was far less expensive in this year’s second quarter compared to the same…
September 14, 2023
XNA Remains on its Way to Best Year
Northwest Arkansas National Airport’s superb passenger numbers month after month suggest 2023 is almost certain to be the airport’s best…
August 20, 2023
XNA to Chicago for $168? Savannah for $237? Yes, Really
Price-savvy travelers departing from Northwest Arkansas National Airport almost always lean hard on its low-cost carriers. They won’t be required…
August 18, 2023
Terrific July Numbers Keep XNA on Record Pace
Northwest Arkansas National Airport followed the best month ever with its second-best month in its nearly 25 years. Boosted by…
July 26, 2023
XNA Fare Averaged $470, Low-Cost Options Below $125
Passengers flying from Northwest Arkansas National Airport paid 5% less for flights than they did a year before the COVID-19…
July 17, 2023
Airlines Selling Hog-Focused Nonstops at XNA
Airlines serving Northwest Arkansas National Airport have added nonstop junkets to their schedules to serve football-crazy fans. The number of…
July 14, 2023
Passengers Boost XNA to Record 97K
The best month in the history of Northwest Arkansas National Airport was its most recent one, pulling in more than…
June 27, 2023
XNA’s Growth was more than Pandemic Bounce-Back
Most airports saw huge increases in their number of passengers last year, but not many in the middle of the…
June 13, 2023
Crush of May Passengers Filled Up Flights, Records Show
The number of passengers boarding flights at Northwest Arkansas National Airport led to the third biggest month in its history.…
June 7, 2023
Surge of Walmart Attendees Fuels XNA’s Busiest Days
Three of Northwest Arkansas National Airport’s four busiest days have occurred since Friday. Boosted by the swell of out-of-towners headed…
May 19, 2023
Low-Cost Airlines Beef Up Summer Offerings from XNA
The low-cost airlines serving Northwest Arkansas National Airport will step up how often they fly from the region this summer,…
May 17, 2023
XNA’s Best April Follows its Best March
Northwest Arkansas National Airport only a decade ago didn’t have a single month where it topped 60,000 outbound passengers. Now…
April 17, 2023
Travelers at XNA Set Record for March Trips
If Northwest Arkansas National Airport felt way busier than you’d expected it to be for your spring break trip, your…
March 27, 2023
There’s Always a Need to Plan the Next Adventure from XNA
Your spring break trip was great and all, but it’s over and it’s time to plan the next junket from…
March 14, 2023
February’s Solid Stats Bode Well for Big March
Northwest Arkansas National Airport saw 63,658 passengers board flights in February, officials reported March 13. It was an especially busy…
March 7, 2023
Phooey on Spring Break; Go Later for Less than $100
Travelers are going to pack the planes at Northwest Arkansas National Airport during spring break week, but some of Arkansans’…
February 24, 2023
BreezeThru to Charleston starts March 3
Federal statistics show there’s high demand for flights from Northwest Arkansas National Airport to New York, Chicago and a whole…
February 16, 2023
XNA starts 2023 with impressive 62K passengers
Northwest Arkansas National Airport followed its second-best year with the second-best January, starting 2023 on a high note. XNA saw…
February 14, 2023
Breeze ‘Valley of the Sun’ Trip to Start
Breeze Airways on Friday begins its first nonstop flight from Northwest Arkansas National Airport to Phoenix. The expanding, low-cost carrier…
February 1, 2023
Daily Flights to Phoenix Start Friday
The airlines serving Northwest Arkansas National Airport haven’t provided daily flights to a new nonstop destination in over three years.…
January 25, 2023
Long layover flights can mean huge savings
Many travelers prefer nonstop flights because they save so much time compared to flights with a connection. Others favor nonstops…
January 20, 2023
Higher fares? Yes, but many XNA options beat the average
The average cost of a domestic flight from Northwest Arkansas National Airport was up, but how much passengers spent depended…
January 18, 2023
XNA Can Officially Call 2022 its Second-Best Year
The numbers are in, and Northwest Arkansas National Airport can chalk up 2022 as its second-best year. The airport served…
December 28, 2022
New Route Provides 2022’s Best Success at XNA
It wasn’t all that long ago that FareFlightNWA easily selected 10 best successes at Northwest Arkansas National Airport in a…
December 15, 2022
Year 2022 Almost Certain to End up as XNA’s Second-Best
New statistics just about guarantee that 2022 will go down as the second-busiest year at Northwest Arkansas National Airport. The…
December 14, 2022
Crystal Bridges, XNA Working to Bring Art to Terminal
Northwest Arkansas National Airport is exploring the possibility of a small art gallery in the terminal. After gaining the Regional…
December 13, 2022
Airfares are Up, but Savvy Shoppers Can Find Great Deals
Reports of higher airfares aren't the most encouraging circumstances for people in Northwest Arkansas who are starting to think about…
November 15, 2022
XNA Puts up Solid October Passenger Numbers
Fall’s best month in terms of passengers didn’t disappoint at Northwest Arkansas National Airport. Data made public today by airport…
November 2, 2022
Airlines at XNA Offer Great Fares in Travel ‘Dead Zone’
Northwest Arkansas residents are fast approaching two so-called dead zones that allow them to find the least expensive airfares from…
October 31, 2022
Biz Travel Way Up in Q2, Data Suggests
New federal data shows just how much the Arkansas airport, built with business travelers in mind, is looking like its…
October 27, 2022
No One Had 3 XNA-to-Phoenix Airlines on their Bingo Card
Northwest Arkansas National Airport took two big steps in the past week that provide travelers with better options to the…
October 24, 2022
American Adds Phoenix Just Days after Breeze
The king of the hill at Northwest Arkansas National Airport wasn’t about to let another airline fly into one of…
October 19, 2022
Phoenix, Orlando Added at XNA; BreezeThru to Charleston
Breeze Airways on Wednesday announced it would add service at Northwest Arkansas National Airport, creating new ways to get to…
October 13, 2022
Northwest Arkansas Airport Posts its Second-Best September
With school back in session and fall business travel not ramped up, September is rarely a big month at U.S.…
October 5, 2022
New Flights Going West Make Most Sense for XNA
Few like-sized airports in middle America can match the impressive collection of nonstop destinations available from Northwest Arkansas National Airport.…
September 22, 2022
XNA Sees 70K Passengers as Summer Winds Down
Northwest Arkansas National Airport last month saw 70,444 passengers board flights, information shared by the airport this week shows. It…
August 31, 2022
Analysis: XNA Travelers Paid $17.8M Less in First Quarter
Passengers departing Northwest Arkansas National Airport saved $17.8 million in this year's first quarter compared to if they had made…
August 17, 2022
Passengers Fill 86% of Seats at XNA, Report Shows
Allegiant Air for the second consecutive month put more passengers on planes at Northwest Arkansas National Airport than it ever…
August 10, 2022
$500K Grant Focuses on XNA-San Francisco Route
A federal grant increases the possibility that Northwest Arkansas National Airport will be able to re-establish air service to San…
August 5, 2022
Frontier’s XNA-Las Vegas Flights End in November
Northwest Arkansas National Airport will see a series of air service changes in the last half of this year, including…
July 19, 2022
XNA Sees Decline as Allegiant Puts Up Big Increase
Despite Allegiant Air's record-breaking June at Northwest Arkansas National Airport, the airport's overall number of passengers decreased when compared to…
July 12, 2022
Time is Now to Figure Out End-of-Summer Trip
Planning end-of-summer trips can be the toughest to navigate, and there's real complexity to figuring out what works. Some families…
June 29, 2022
Steps to Avoid this Weekend’s Travel Havoc
The frequent fliers who depart from Northwest Arkansas National Airport know how to navigate flight delays and cancellations with expert…
June 17, 2022
Rental Cars Suggest Quickening Pace of Travel to NWA
Rental car companies at Northwest Arkansas National Airport more than doubled their number of customers in the first five months…
June 10, 2022
XNA Puts up Biggest Travel Number since 2019
Northwest Arkansas National Airport remains a few steps behind the record-breaking travel it experienced in 2019, but its passenger numbers…
May 12, 2022
April’s XNA Stats Hint at Strong Summer Ahead
Northwest Arkansas National Airport saw 67,401 passengers last month, an early indication that leisure travel should be strong this summer.…
May 5, 2022
Airfares are Higher, but XNA Deals Remain
Northwest Arkansas residents will have to work harder than usual to find great airfares as a pilot shortage, high fuel…
April 20, 2022
XNA’s Travelers to 10 Leisure Cities Saved $8.1 Million
Passengers headed from Northwest Arkansas National Airport to its top leisure destinations saved about $158 per roundtrip compared to if…
April 18, 2022
Return of Spring Break Trips Pushes XNA Travel Way Up
Airlines serving Northwest Arkansas National Airport should expect a big summer travel season if March is any indication of what's…
April 14, 2022
Cost of Flying from XNA Barely Changed in 2021, Data Shows
Northwest Arkansas National Airport passengers saw the cost of flying stay about the same in 2021 as compared to a…
April 8, 2022
Don’t Let High Airfare Stories Scare You Away
Attention, airfare shoppers. Never let a news story about domestic airfares being 40% more expensive than just a few weeks…
March 15, 2022
As Winter Fades, Travel Sure to Pick Up at XNA
Northwest Arkansas National Airport is about two-thirds of the way back to what could be viewed as its normal amount…
March 5, 2022
Family Trip in June? These are Top Options from XNA
It's still possible to plan a spring-break getaway from Northwest Arkansas National Airport, but it's a good bet that most…
February 23, 2022
XNA Leadership Pursuing On-Site Hotel
Northwest Arkansas National Airport could host a hotel on site for the first time under several possible plans discussed by…
February 16, 2022
Airport CEO Predicts More Reliance on Low-Cost Carriers
Low-cost carriers will play an increasingly important role at Northwest Arkansas National Airport as leisure travel becomes more prominent, the…
February 16, 2022
XNA Sees 48K Passengers as Year’s Start is a Dud
The weeks after the Christmas holiday almost always prove challenging at Northwest Arkansas National Airport, and this year was no…
February 10, 2022
XNA-Nashville Restarts March 3; Miami Goes Daily on April 6
Some travelers know every nonstop destination from Northwest Arkansas National Airport by heart, but they are less likely to know…
February 8, 2022
Frontier, Spirit Merger Creates Opportunities for Airports like XNA
The planned merger of ultra low-cost carriers could result in a good outcome for Northwest Arkansas National Airport and other…
January 27, 2022
Breeze Pitches its $35 Today-Only Fare from XNA
You have to give the airlines credit. They know how to create buzz. Breeze Airways earlier today announced a “Fab…
January 19, 2022
Breeze Assigns its ‘Swanky’ Airbus 220 to XNA-Tampa Route
Breeze Airways plans to put one of its shiny new Airbus A220s on a route from Northwest Arkansas National Airport.…
January 12, 2022
New Destinations Play Important Role as XNA Rebuilds Traffic
Airlines’ commitment to providing more flights to new places helped Northwest Arkansas National Airport start rebuilding its passenger numbers in…
January 10, 2022
With Infusion of PTO, February Trip Makes Sense
With more paid time off for workers brought on by the new year, Northwest Arkansas residents may already be mapping…
January 3, 2022
Difficult to Know Why XNA’s Legacies Have Low Fares Right Now
Sometimes it’s hard to know why airlines charge less than usual to fly, but Northwest Arkansas National Airport travelers can…
December 29, 2021
February Weekends Perfect for Affordable Getaway
One of the best ways to find a great fare from Northwest Arkansas National Airport is to think ahead. You…
December 28, 2021
Best of 2021: XNA’s Surge in Low-Cost Flights
Year 2021 looked at its start to be a time of recovery at Northwest Arkansas National Airport. COVID-19 crushed air…
December 15, 2021
3 New Flight Options Boost XNA’s Stats
Passengers continued their steady return to flying as Northwest Arkansas National Airport recorded one of its best months since the…
December 14, 2021
Buy Flights Now to Potential Sweet 16 Site for Hogs
One big road game can create a spur-of-the-moment traveling frenzy and that certainly happened last week in the land of…
December 6, 2021
Breeze Adds Flights to Help Hog Football Fans
Breeze Airways made a move this morning to help University of Arkansas football fans see the Razorbacks in the Outback…
December 3, 2021
Warm Weather? January Flights from XNA are Right Up Your Alley
The experts talk about leisure travelers being able to take advantage of so-called “dead zones” each year when airfares are…
November 30, 2021
Allegiant Expands Summer Service to Orlando, Las Vegas
Allegiant Air earlier today made its summertime schedule public, indicating it’ll make more trips from Northwest Arkansas National Airport to…
November 17, 2021
New Routes Put Onus on NWA Residents to Fly More
This year is nothing short of incredible when it comes to new air service at Northwest Arkansas National Airport. Low-cost…
November 15, 2021
XNA has 8 Florida Routes but Let’s Explore Which One is Best
Northwest Arkansas National Airport has four airlines providing nonstop flights to eight places in Florida. It’s the same number of…
November 12, 2021
Summer Months Dominate at XNA, but October Outshines Them in 2021
The busiest months at Northwest Arkansas National Airport always happen in the summertime, but that won’t be the case this…
November 4, 2021
American Restarts LAX; Frontier Competes for Orlando Bound
Two airlines expanded their nonstop flights at Northwest Arkansas National Airport this week, taking off for Los Angeles and Orlando.…
October 28, 2021
Winners Gear Up for Free Breeze Airways Flights
It’s time to come clean. FareFlightNWA promised to give free roundtrip flights on Breeze Airways to five Arkansas health care…
October 19, 2021
Cost of Roundtrip Flight Fell $114 at XNA, Fed Stats Show
People who flew from Northwest Arkansas National Airport earlier this year saved $114 compared to if they had made the…
October 13, 2021
Frontier Airlines Grows; XNA Reports 61K September Travelers
Low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines had one of its best months since it started flying out of Northwest Arkansas National Airport…
October 7, 2021
Best November, December Fares? Fly at Months’ Starts
Figuring out the best times to travel in November and December for price-conscious fliers is complicated by the big holidays.…
October 5, 2021
Giveaway: Breeze Flights to 5 Health Care Workers
Frontline health care workers in Arkansas deserve a weekend getaway. These brave individuals are leading the state’s on-the-ground fight against…
September 14, 2021
Low Fares Remain Abundant at XNA as August Travel Numbers Arrive
The air travel boom of summer took a step back in August as students began returning to classrooms and the…
August 26, 2021
Fares for $250 or Less are Easy to Find at XNA These Days
The sheer number of low-cost options may be better than ever at Northwest Arkansas National Airport, and it’s not just…
August 17, 2021
Travel Up as XNA’s Passengers Check Out New Nonstops
More people departed Northwest Arkansas National Airport in July than at any point during the Covid-19 pandemic, the airport indicated…
August 9, 2021
Frontier’s Head-to-Head with Allegiant Begins Friday
Allegiant Air and Frontier Airlines this week become direct competitors for passengers looking for low-cost nonstop flights from Northwest Arkansas…
July 27, 2021
Frontier Takes on Allegiant for XNA-to-Orlando Travelers
Frontier Airlines hasn’t started flying to its second destination from Northwest Arkansas National Airport yet, but today it announced what…
July 23, 2021
Cost of Flying from XNA Dropped $194, Data Shows
Passengers flying from Northwest Arkansas National Airport saved a mint in the first quarter this year compared to if they…
July 19, 2021
Frontier Increases its XNA-to-Denver Flights
Northwest Arkansas National Airport will see its airlines add nonstop service to at least seven new airports to the south…
July 14, 2021
XNA Flights to New Orleans, San Antonio Start Thursday
Nonstop flights from Northwest Arkansas National Airport to San Antonio and New Orleans take off for the first time on…
June 29, 2021
Allegiant Creates Low-Cost XNA-to-Houston Option
Allegiant Air early today announced 23 new nonstop routes, including a twice-a-week trip from Northwest Arkansas National Airport to Houston.…
June 28, 2021
$125 to $250 Roundtrip Fares Certain to Overhaul XNA
Northwest Arkansas National Airport has quite the history when it comes to airfares, but this summer should be telling as…
