by - July 17, 2014 5:49 pm
Arkansas commercial airport trends that began early in 2014 have continued through June, with traffic increases in Northwest Arkansas (XNA) and Fort Smith and enplanement declines in Little Rock. Travelers…
by - June 24, 2014 12:07 pm
Air travel is on the rebound in Northwest Arkansas and in the Fort Smith area, with both regional airports posting year-to-date gains above 6%. More passengers is not the case…
by - April 21, 2014 5:28 pm
First quarter 2014 commercial airline enplanements are up 5.36% and 9.1%, respectively, in Northwest Arkansas and Fort Smith, but down more than 6% in Little Rock. Travelers flying out of…
by - March 20, 2014 1:44 pm
Enplanements in Northwest Arkansas and Fort Smith are off to a good start in 2014, while traffic out of the Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport (Little Rock) continues a…
by - January 27, 2014 1:51 pm
Results were mixed in 2013 for Arkansas’ regional airports. Enplanements at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) were up for the second consecutive year, while Fort Smith Regional Airport enplanements…
by - December 2, 2013 4:52 pm
Enplanements for the first 10 months of 2013 are up almost 3% at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) but are down almost 5% in Little Rock and down more…
by - October 28, 2013 12:25 pm
Only one of Arkansas’ three largest commercial airports has year-to-date traffic gains, with all three fields posting declines in September enplanements. The results are not a surprise considering relatively flat…
by - September 23, 2013 1:11 pm
Enplanements at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) were down in August but remain higher for the year, while the opposite was true for the Fort Smith Regional Airport. The…
by - August 14, 2013 9:31 am
Enplanements turned positive during July at the Fort Smith Regional Airport, and the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) saw its year-to-date traffic growth expand to 3.7%. During the first quarter…
by - July 11, 2013 12:50 pm
The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) is the only one of Arkansas’ three largest commercial airports to report positive year-to-date enplanements. For the first six months of 2013, enplanements are…
by - June 24, 2013 4:07 pm
Northwest Arkansas business and leisure travelers will soon have another way to see the world as American Airlines is adding non-stop flights from Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport to Los Angeles…
by - June 13, 2013 2:26 pm
With not as many service points as other regional airports, the severe weather during May was a cause in Fort Smith Regional Airport traffic declining almost 3% in May. Traffic…
by - May 13, 2013 4:18 pm
Enplanements were up during April at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) and the Fort Smith Regional Airport, with the year-to-date traffic up at XNA and down in Fort Smith….
by - April 18, 2013 9:26 am
Enplanements at the Fort Smith and Little Rock commercial airports are down in the first quarter of 2013 thanks to declines in American and Delta traffic, but Northwest Arkansas is…
by - March 14, 2013 8:47 am
Traffic at the Fort Smith Regional Airport is off to a rough start in 2013 following 2012 activity that resulted in three consecutive years of enplanement gains. Enplanements at the…
by - February 18, 2013 4:21 pm
The two commercial airports serving Northwest Arkansas and the Fort Smith areas got off to a mixed start in 2013. Enplanements at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) during January…
by - January 16, 2013 5:09 pm
The number of travelers out of the regional airports in Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas (XNA) during 2012 was slightly ahead of 2011 despite a reduction in the systemwide number…
by - December 18, 2012 6:15 pm
The regional airports in Northwest Arkansas and Fort Smith have seen more traffic for the first 11 months of 2012, but just barely. U.S. air carriers have reduced the number…
by - November 26, 2012 6:46 pm
Enplanements at Arkansas’ three largest commercially-served airports are up for the year, with the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport on a path to avoid two consecutive years of enplanement declines. The…
by - October 15, 2012 3:52 pm
Ongoing and sometimes bitter negotiations between American Airlines and union officials have not yet had a major impact on traffic figures at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) or the…
