Northwest Arkansas Ntl Airport
XNA · KXNA · Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers, Arkansas · Benton County · map
Northwest Arkansas Ntl Airport is a public-use airport, 15 miles northwest of Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers, Arkansas, 1,288 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16L/34R, is 8,801 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 12 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 18 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 44,489 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,068,644 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Northwest Arkansas Ntl Airport?
Its FAA code is XNA, and its ICAO code is KXNA.
Where is Northwest Arkansas Ntl Airport?
It is 15 miles northwest of Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers, Arkansas, 1,288 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Northwest Arkansas Ntl Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 16L/34R, is 8,801 feet long.
Does Northwest Arkansas Ntl Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Northwest Arkansas Ntl Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Northwest Arkansas Ntl Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Dallas-Fort Worth International, Chicago O'Hare International, Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, Charlotte/Douglas International, George Bush Intcntl/Houston. Every route
Are there flight schools at Northwest Arkansas Ntl Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Game Composites Flying Club. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Northwest Arkansas Ntl Airport?
5 pilot examiners and 7 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Northwest Arkansas Ntl Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA XNA · ICAO KXNA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,288 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 5:30 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1997
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16L/34R | 8,801 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 16R/34L | 8,800 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 34R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 127.1 | Northwest Arkansas Ntl |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Xna and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.425 | Northwest Arkansas Ntl |
| Ground | 121.9 | Northwest Arkansas Ntl |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Highfill and dp West | 121.0 | Northwest Arkansas Ntl |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Highfill and dp East | 126.6 | Northwest Arkansas Ntl |
| Fayetteville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.1 | Northwest Arkansas Ntl |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 479-370-0218.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure), bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, charter flights
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Bentonville Muni/Louise M Thaden Field (6 nm northeast), Smith Field (10 nm southwest), Springdale Municipal (11 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Arkansas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- See airspace ltr dated 2/26/97.
- Dstc and direction to airport from Springdale is 10 NM northwest and from Rogers msa is 9 NM southwest.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 16L&34R; high-intensity runway lights runway 16L/34R - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 16L and 34R oper continuously.
- For fuel services use frequency 130.05.
- Bird activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Ctn elevated runway thld lights aer runways 16L and 34R.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
- Looking…
Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 19,127 departures from XNA in those twelve months, carrying 1,267,244 passengers in 1,600,067 seats (79% filled), to 105 destinations (4 abroad) on 25 airlines.
All 105 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 3 |
| jets | 9 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 44,489, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 27,857 |
| air taxi and commuter | 3,643 |
| general aviation, travelling | 5,919 |
| general aviation, local | 517 |
| military | 6,553 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers, AR as the owner's town.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Game Composites Flying Club 1 aircraft · Bentonville, 7 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
5 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 7 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives, 4 training center examiners.
- Chad Maxwell Cox private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; helicopters · Bentonville, AR (6 nm) · (501) 732-0658 · [email protected]
- Joshua Paul Jones private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · FBO · Bentonville, AR (6 nm) · (303) 913-4218 · [email protected]
- Reginald Howell Henderson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Bentonville Thaden Field · Bentonville, AR (6 nm) · (479) 651-1919 · [email protected]
- Zachary Duane Caldwell private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Bentonville, AR (6 nm) · (479) 650-0245 · [email protected]
- Dustin Garard private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Grove, OK (29 nm) · (918) 521-4181 · [email protected]
All 20 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Arkansas 1,580 since 1982 · 175 in the last ten years
- Game Composites Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 3,449 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air, American Airlines Inc.
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 2,872 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air, GoJet Airlines LLC d/b/a United Express
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 2,496 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc., SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 1,432 flights in twelve months · PSA Airlines Inc., Envoy Air
- George Bush Intcntl/Houston (IAH) 1,393 flights in twelve months · Mesa Airlines Inc., CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir
- Denver International (DEN) 1,305 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., United Air Lines Inc.
- Laguardia (LGA) 1,193 flights in twelve months · Republic Airline, Endeavor Air Inc.
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) 825 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air, American Airlines Inc.
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Arkansas 101 landing places
- Arkansas 3,496 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/XNA.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 28, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.