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.…
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’…
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 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…
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 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.…
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 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…
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…
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 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…
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 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…
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…
February 17, 2021
XNA Considering Parking Discount for March
Leaders at Northwest Arkansas National Airport think a parking discount for air travelers might be just the ticket to increase…
June 9, 2020
FareFlight Marks One Year of Pushing XNA Travel
FareFlightNWA celebrates its one-year anniversary this month. The program of the Northwest Arkansas Council encourages people to prioritize flying from…
June 4, 2020
XNA, Airports Across U.S. Provide COVID-19 Guidance
Northwest Arkansas travelers who are uncertain about what to expect when flying this summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic can…
April 17, 2020
XNA’s March Travel Crushed by COVID-19
Northwest Arkansas National Airport officials knew the COVID-19 pandemic would make March passenger statistics terrible. The statistics shared by the…
March 20, 2020
Airport Advances Two Architectural Projects
Northwest Arkansas National Airport is moving ahead with the design of a $16 million structure that will connect the terminal’s…
March 13, 2020
XNA Keeps Building on its Passenger Growth
Northwest Arkansas National Airport put up its 26th consecutive month of passenger growth, but there’s more than a little trepidation…
February 17, 2020
XNA Fares to Destin Down 37%; 14 Cities See Decrease
The average airfares decreased from Northwest Arkansas National Airport to 14 of travelers’ top 20 destinations, a review of federal…
February 12, 2020
January Looks Like All of 2019; XNA Traffic Up Again
Northwest Arkansas National Airport started 2020 with the same kind of record-breaking zeal that was the norm in 2019. XNA…
February 3, 2020
XNA Outgrew Combo of Tulsa, Little Rock, Springfield in 2019
Airports across the nation are reporting impressive year-end passenger numbers, but most don’t hold a candle to what happened at…
January 27, 2020
Fares Dropped $50 at XNA, but Allegiant, Frontier Trips Stood Out
A new report shows average airfares declined for the third quarter in a row at Northwest Arkansas National Airport, but…
January 22, 2020
Federal Stats Show XNA Fares Keep Declining, Drop 9.7%
New statistics show Northwest Arkansas National Airport passengers are benefitting in a big way from competition that’s reduced air travel…
January 16, 2020
Airlines Deserve Credit for XNA Topping 920K Passengers
Northwest Arkansas National Airport shared its final 2019 passenger data on Tuesday, closing out what’s arguably been the airport’s best…
December 30, 2019
XNA’s Banner 2019 Included Flights to 4 New Cities
What’s the possibility that larger airports across the U.S. would trade their 2019 successes straight up for those at Northwest…
December 19, 2019
American Kicks Off XNA to Miami Service
American Airlines continued its steady expansion at the Northwest Arkansas National Airport, sending its first nonstop flight to Miami this…
December 12, 2019
November Travel Keeps XNA on Record Pace
The Northwest Arkansas National Airport broke yet another record last month, boarding its highest number of November passengers. The airport,…
November 21, 2019
United Airlines Introduces Comfy CRJ-550 at XNA
United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz met with a group of Northwest Arkansas business leaders on Wednesday, answering their questions about…
November 13, 2019
Allegiant Looks to Build on its 450K Passengers from XNA
Allegiant Air’s newest nonstop flight takes off for Phoenix/Mesa on Thursday. The Phoenix/Mesa route is scheduled to depart the Northwest…
November 12, 2019
Airport Tops 80K Monthly Passengers for Fourth Time in 2019
The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport exceeded 80,000 passengers in a single month for the fourth time this year. The airport,…
October 16, 2019
XNA’s Fares Slide $50 in 2Q, Federal Stats Show
Domestic airfares at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport decreased 9.3% during the second quarter of 2019, according to new data…
October 14, 2019
XNA’s September 19% Better than a Year Ago; American Leads the Way
The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport continues piling up impressive passenger counts. September’s boardings were 19.1 percent higher than the same…
September 17, 2019
2 of 3 Legacy Carriers Saw Travel Increases Despite Competition
Two of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport’s three legacy carriers saw far better summertime traffic this year despite increased and…
September 11, 2019
XNA’s Record-Breaking Summer Shows 60,000 More Passengers
The record-breaking summer travel season at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport closed with impressive August enplanements. The airport saw 79,582…
August 29, 2019
First XNA-Philly Flight Takes Off Wednesday
The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport's impressive run on new air service takes a step forward next week when American Airlines…
August 22, 2019
Every Frontier Flight Saves $59,000 for XNA Fliers, Math Shows
How much money does Frontier Airlines save travelers every time one of its planes takes off for Denver from Northwest…
August 13, 2019
Allegiant Plans XNA-to-Phoenix Trips, Starting Nov. 14
Allegiant Air announced today that it will begin providing seasonal air service from Northwest Arkansas to a key western destination.…
August 12, 2019
XNA’s July Stats Show Low-Cost Carriers Are Thriving
The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport experienced the second best month in its 20-year history, narrowly missing its all-time record for…
July 19, 2019
XNA’s Fares Drop 5.7%, Fed Stats Show
Domestic airfares decreased 5.7 percent at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport, new data released by the U.S. Bureau of Transportation…
July 12, 2019
Passengers Pile on XNA Flights; Break Record Yet Again
The availability of new low-cost flights to Denver and Nashville contributed to record-breaking enplanements at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport. For…
June 12, 2019
XNA Breaks its Passenger Record; Boards 85k in May
The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport delivered eye-popping numbers today, boarding more passengers in May than in any month in its…
June 10, 2019
American Puts the A319 to Work at XNA
American Airlines will be making a nice upgrade to a few of its flights traveling to the Northwest Arkansas Regional…
May 21, 2019
XNA Sees Sixth Best Month, 71,559 Passengers
The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport for just the sixth time in its history surpassed 70,000 passengers in a single month.…
May 14, 2019
American Airlines Announces New XNA Flights to Miami
American Airlines is expanding at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport, announcing on Thursday that it will add flights to Florida’s…
April 30, 2019
XNA Blows Past 70,000 Passengers
How busy was the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport in March? In two words? They’d be “holy cow.” The airport saw…
April 16, 2019
Philadelphia Slated to be XNA’s 17th Nonstop Destination
Philadelphia will become the 17th nonstop destination from the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport, providing Arkansas businesses and resident with their first…
March 14, 2019
XNA approaches 800K travelers in 2018
The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport saw its best-ever traffic in 2018, edging closer to 800,000 passengers a year. (more…)
