Delta, American Lead Way on XNA’s ‘Best of 2024’ List
Here’s the thing about Northwest Arkansas National Airport: It’s passenger growth in the past two years coupled with its massive…
XNA Breaks Its Annual Best in 11 Months
XNA Breaks Its Annual Best in 11 Months
Northwest Arkansas National Airport won’t know its total number of 2024 passengers until January, but it already knows this is…
Nonstop to Philadelphia: American Airlines Launches New XNA Flight
Nonstop to Philadelphia: American Airlines Launches New XNA Flight
In just one week, Northwest Arkansas travelers will have another nonstop flight option at XNA. Philadelphia flights offered by American…
Popular Driving Destination Becomes XNA Nonstop
Popular Driving Destination Becomes XNA Nonstop
Allegiant Air on Tuesday announced that it’ll start flights to a new destination from Northwest Arkansas National Airport. The new,…
Business Travel Pushes XNA to New Monthly High
Business Travel Pushes XNA to New Monthly High
For the third time in five months, Northwest Arkansas National Airport set a record for its single highest number of…
XNA Travelers Must Prove Delta to Salt Lake was Wise Move
XNA Travelers Must Prove Delta to Salt Lake was Wise Move
If you want to make a wintertime trip to just one of the Northwest Arkansas National Airport’s new nonstop destinations,…
American Leads the Way as XNA Tops 100K Yet Again
American Leads the Way as XNA Tops 100K Yet Again
Big numbers just keep rolling in at Northwest Arkansas National Airport as it surpassed 100,000 passengers for the third time…
Tennessee Fans Helped Boost XNA to Record Day
Tennessee Fans Helped Boost XNA to Record Day
Northwest Arkansas scored two nice wins over the weekend thanks to its friends from Tennessee. Everyone — yes, everyone —…
XNA Breaks Records with Nearly 100K Passengers in August
XNA Breaks Records with Nearly 100K Passengers in August
Northwest Arkansas National Airport remains on its torrid pace with an impressive number of passengers boarding flights last month. XNA…
American Airlines Says Yes to XNA-Philadelphia
American Airlines Says Yes to XNA-Philadelphia
For the third time in a little more than a week, an airline is re-establishing a nonstop route at Northwest…
Football Flights Bringing Vols, LSU, Texas Fans to NWA
Football Flights Bringing Vols, LSU, Texas Fans to NWA
Fans wanting to attend University of Arkansas football games are among the biggest winners in Wednesday’s announcement by United Airlines.…
July Makes 3rd Straight Record-Breaker at XNA
July Makes 3rd Straight Record-Breaker at XNA
Northwest Arkansas National Airport for the third time in a row recorded the best month in the airport's history. The…
New Flights! Delta Adds XNA to Detroit, Salt Lake
New Flights! Delta Adds XNA to Detroit, Salt Lake
Northwest Arkansas National Airport will add new nonstop flights in the coming months, taking off to Detroit and Salt Lake…
American Adds Second Phoenix Flight from XNA
American Adds Second Phoenix Flight from XNA
New nonstop destinations from Northwest Arkansas National Airport make headlines, but airlines often make less-talked-about improvements to current routes that…
Summertime Deals: XNA Getaways for Under $275
Summertime Deals: XNA Getaways for Under $275
There’s often a conversation about the price of flying from Northwest Arkansas National Airport, but thousands of travelers are well-positioned…
June Becomes XNA’s First 100K Month
June Becomes XNA’s First 100K Month
Poor old May held its spot as the Northwest Arkansas National Airport’s best month for just four weeks. Now, May…
Just 4 Bigger Airports Grew Faster than XNA, Data Shows
Just 4 Bigger Airports Grew Faster than XNA, Data Shows
Northwest Arkansas National Airport ranked as the nation’s 102nd busiest airport last year, data from the U.S. Department of Transportation…
May Traffic at XNA Comes Thisclose to 100K
May Traffic at XNA Comes Thisclose to 100K
How many ways are there to say record-breaking? There’s best ever, most ever, peak and unprecedented scale. All-time best and…
Walmart Meetings Drive Record Days at XNA
Walmart Meetings Drive Record Days at XNA
With hundreds of Walmart celebration attendees headed home on Friday afternoon, everyone knew Northwest Arkansas National Airport was going to…
70% Choose XNA, Provide Economic Benefit to Arkansas
70% Choose XNA, Provide Economic Benefit to Arkansas
Northwest Arkansas National Airport continues its pattern of being the airport of choice for 70% of its travelers who live…
Delta Announces Football Fan Flights to XNA
Delta Announces Football Fan Flights to XNA
Delta Air Lines announced today that its gearing up with 56 nonstop flights to make travel easier for college football…
April was Gangbusters; Sets XNA up for Record Summer
April was Gangbusters; Sets XNA up for Record Summer
The most stunning thing about the number of passengers who boarded flights at Northwest Arkansas National Airport last month isn’t…
XNA Sees Terrific March; Airlines Add to Summer Plans
XNA Sees Terrific March; Airlines Add to Summer Plans
Terrific passenger numbers at Northwest Arkansas National Airport are now so routine that it’s going to be big news when…
Low-Cost Airlines Create Wins for XNA Biz Travelers
Low-Cost Airlines Create Wins for XNA Biz Travelers
Low-cost carriers at Northwest Arkansas National Airport are providing value to businesses and business travelers that isn’t talked about much.…
It’s not 1M in Calendar Year, but it’s Impressive
It’s not 1M in Calendar Year, but it’s Impressive
If you tilt your head just right and squint a little, Northwest Arkansas National Airport is a 1 million passenger…
Wichita Company, XNA Weighing Hotel
Wichita Company, XNA Weighing Hotel
A Wichita developer on Tuesday shared his vision for what a 90-room hotel focused on business travelers could include at…
XNA’s Top Destinations Less Costly, Stats Show
XNA’s Top Destinations Less Costly, Stats Show
The cost of flying to Northwest Arkansas National Airport’s top three destinations declined more than 10% in the most recent…
XNA Starts 2024 with Another Record-Breaking Month
XNA Starts 2024 with Another Record-Breaking Month
Arkansas travelers apparently didn’t get the memo that January is supposed to be way less busy in the air travel…
Delta to Restart its New York Nonstop in April
Delta to Restart its New York Nonstop in April
Delta Air Lines plans to restart its nonstop service from Northwest Arkansas National Airport to New York LaGuardia. That restart,…
XNA Officially Hits Passenger Record of 991,489
XNA Officially Hits Passenger Record of 991,489
Northwest Arkansas National Airport didn’t get to 1 million passengers in 2023, but it came pretty darn close. XNA officials…
Bests of 2023 Bring Clear Benefits to XNA Travelers
Bests of 2023 Bring Clear Benefits to XNA Travelers
Northwest Arkansas National Airport didn’t have many big air-service wins in 2023, but it scored a ton of small victories…
XNA Broke Passenger Record – it’s Unofficial for Now
XNA Broke Passenger Record – it’s Unofficial for Now
The number of people who boarded flights departing from Northwest Arkansas National Airport is up to 912,379 through the year’s…
XNA Plans Focused Pursuit of Southwest
XNA Plans Focused Pursuit of Southwest
Nothing stirs up a conversation on Northwest Arkansas National Airport social media accounts quite like someone mentioning Southwest Airlines. The…
Authority Picks Escape Lounges as XNA Partner
Authority Picks Escape Lounges as XNA Partner
Northwest Arkansas National Airport is now on its way to becoming the nation’s smallest airport with a branded lounge. The…
Terrific October, but Math Suggests XNA Won’t Reach 1 Million
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…
25 Years of XNA Marked by Near-Constant Changes
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…
‘Dead Zone’ Makes for Affordable XNA Getaway
‘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…
7 Straight Record Months Sets Stage for Record Year
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…
Fares to Tampa Fell 60% at XNA, Data Shows
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…
XNA Remains on its Way to Best Year
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…
XNA to Chicago for $168? Savannah for $237? Yes, Really
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…
Terrific July Numbers Keep XNA on Record Pace
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…
XNA Fare Averaged $470, Low-Cost Options Below $125
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…
Airlines Selling Hog-Focused Nonstops at XNA
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…
Passengers Boost XNA to Record 97K
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…
XNA’s Growth was more than Pandemic Bounce-Back
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…
Crush of May Passengers Filled Up Flights, Records Show
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.…
Surge of Walmart Attendees Fuels XNA’s Busiest Days
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…
Low-Cost Airlines Beef Up Summer Offerings from XNA
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,…
XNA’s Best April Follows its Best March
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…
Average XNA Flight Topped $500, but Low-Cost Options Way Less
Average XNA Flight Topped $500, but Low-Cost Options Way Less
Three low-cost carriers at Northwest Arkansas National Airport charge about one-third as much as their larger competitors, new federal data…
Travelers at XNA Set Record for March Trips
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…
