XNA

Northwest Arkansas National Airport

ICAO KXNA36.2819°N 94.3068°W1,288 ft / 393 mMedium airport
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Fayetteville - S'dale XNA
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Northwest Arkansas National Airport (IATA: XNA, ICAO: KXNA) is a medium airport in Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers, Arkansas, United States. It opened in 1998. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,801 ft (2,683 m). In 2025 it handled 2.5 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1998–1998
1998
OpenedNorthwest Arkansas National Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
C GatesA GatesAlice L. Walton Terminal Building
16L/34R160° / 340° · LIT
LENGTH8,801 ft2,683 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
16R/34L160° / 340° · LIT
LENGTH8,800 ft2,682 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2014–2025
1.3M
1.3M
1.4M
1.4M
1.5M
1.8M
687K
1.2M
1.6M
1.9M
2.3M
2.5M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

24 destinations · 1 country
500 km1,000 km1,500 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 miDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 281 mi / 452 kmBNA · Nashville International Airport · 426 mi / 685 kmIAH · George Bush Intercontinental Airport · 439 mi / 707 kmMSY · Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport · 493 mi / 794 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 522 mi / 840 kmGUF · Jack Edwards National Airport · 564 mi / 907 kmPNS · Pensacola International Airport · 574 mi / 924 kmVPS · Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport · 602 mi / 969 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 615 mi / 990 kmCLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport · 752 mi / 1,211 kmPIE · St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport · 892 mi / 1,435 kmTPA · Tampa International Airport · 895 mi / 1,441 kmSFB · Orlando Sanford International Airport · 920 mi / 1,481 kmDCA · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport · 961 mi / 1,546 kmAZA · Mesa Gateway Airport · 1,004 mi / 1,616 kmPHX · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · 1,021 mi / 1,643 kmPHL · Philadelphia International Airport · 1,064 mi / 1,712 kmFLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · 1,092 mi / 1,758 kmMIA · Miami International Airport · 1,099 mi / 1,769 kmEWR · Newark Liberty International Airport · 1,128 mi / 1,815 kmLGA · LaGuardia Airport · 1,145 mi / 1,842 kmLAS · Harry Reid International Airport · 1,160 mi / 1,867 kmLAX · Los Angeles International Airport · 1,368 mi / 2,202 kmMCO · Orlando International Airport · 931 mi / 1,499 kmLAXLASLGAMIAPHLPHXDCAMCOCLTDENVPSORDMSYIAHBNADFWTPAGUFFLLSFBEWRAZAPNSXNA
Year-round23
DFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Eagle452 km281 miBNANashville International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air685 km426 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Express707 km439 miMSYLouis Armstrong New Orleans International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways794 km493 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Eagle840 km522 miGUFJack Edwards National AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air907 km564 miPNSPensacola International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways924 km574 miVPSDestin-Fort Walton Beach AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air969 km602 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Express, United Airlines990 km615 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,211 km752 miPIESt. Petersburg Clearwater International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,435 km892 miTPATampa International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,441 km895 miSFBOrlando Sanford International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,481 km920 miDCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,546 km961 miAZAMesa Gateway AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,616 km1,004 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,643 km1,021 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,712 km1,064 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,758 km1,092 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,769 km1,099 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Express1,815 km1,128 miLGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,842 km1,145 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,867 km1,160 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · American Eagle2,202 km1,368 mi
Most destinationsAmerican Eagle 9Allegiant Air 8United Express 4Breeze Airways 4Frontier Airlines 1United Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from XNA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Northwest Arkansas National Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers2.5M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#518of 3,974 · #123 North America · #96 USLongest runway8,801 ft2,683 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,951of 29,823 · =428 North America · =315 USElevation1,288 ft393 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=13,995of 43,341 · =6,040 North America · =4,674 USAgeOpened 19982026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=10,870of 15,079 · =8,516 North America · =8,400 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels
A/DRAZORBACK APP/DEP121.000
ASOSASOS119.425
CTAFCTAF127.100
GNDGND121.900
RDOJONESBORO RDO122.550
TWRTWR127.100
UNICUNICOM122.950