Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport
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Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport is an airport
Airport
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 located in Highfill, Arkansas
Highfill, Arkansas
Highfill is a town in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 379 at the 2000 census. It is home to the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport, which serves all of Northwest Arkansas, including the Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers, AR-MO Metropolitan Statistical...

, near Bentonville
Bentonville, Arkansas
Bentonville, Arkansas is a city in Northwest Bahamas, and county seat of Benton County, Arkansas, United States The population was 35,301 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers, AR-MO Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, Rogers
Rogers, Arkansas
Rogers is a suburban city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city has a population of 55,964. The city is located in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metropolitan Area, in the northwest corner of the state.-History:...

, Fayetteville
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Fayetteville is the county seat of Washington County, and the third largest city in Arkansas. The city is centrally located within the county and is home to the University of Arkansas. Fayetteville is also deep in the Boston Mountains, a subset of The Ozarks...

, Springdale
Springdale, Arkansas
As of the census of 2010, there were 69,797 people, 22,805 households, and 16,640 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 64.7% White, 0.82% Black or African American, 1.8% Native American, 1.4% Asian, 5.7% Pacific Islander, 22% from other races, and 2.9% from two or more...

, and Siloam Springs, Arkansas
Siloam Springs, Arkansas
Siloam Springs is a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 13,990...

. It is commonly referred to by its IATA code, which is incorporated in the airport's logo as "Fly XNA".

XNA opened in November 1998 as a replacement airport for commercial traffic previously served by Fayetteville's aging and inadequate Drake Field
Drake Field
Drake Field is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles south of the central business district of Fayetteville, in Washington County, Arkansas, United States...

, which was undersized to serve the rapidly-growing Northwest Arkansas region. American Airlines is the major carrier, formerly serving 6 cities, and currently 3 from XNA. Much of AA's expansion at XNA is due to its contract with Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart
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, which is based in Bentonville.

Expansion

Due to rapid growth in Northwest Arkansas, in 2007 airport officials announced the construction of a new concourse costing between $20–$25 million. The new concourse is east of the upper concourse, allowing the airport to park eight additional planes for boarding. The airport previously had 12 airplane parking positions. It took over three years to complete.

The airport recently completed a ticket counter expansion, and is planning two large warehouse additions. The airport has completed a $21 million expansion to the upper-level concourse that includes the state's first moving walkway. With the walkway it will only take about three minutes to get from security to the last gate. The addition adds 51000 square feet (4,738.1 m²) and 8 upper level gates to the east side of the airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport covers an area of 2184 acres (883.8 ha) at an elevation
Elevation
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 of 1,287 feet (392 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways designated 16/34 and 17/35 with a concrete
Concrete
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 surface measuring 8,800 by 150 feet (2,682 x 46 m). For the 12-month period ending August 30, 2007, the airport had 55,028 aircraft operations, an average of 150 per day: 46% air taxi
Air taxi
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, 26% military
Military aviation
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, 15% general aviation
General aviation
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 and 13% scheduled commercial
Airline
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.

Statistics

Statistics for Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport
Year Total Cargo (tons) Total operations
1998 53,565* 5,618* 5,238*
1999 653,022 205,175 38,548
2000 725,175 337,143 40,169
2001 735,822 356,186 40,426
2002 786,948 371,987 37,282
2003 892,489 329,304 44,259
2004 1,020,146 348,171 49,379
2005 1,168,858 296,740 55,091
2006 1,172,049 164,121 53,522
2007 1,200,122 230,214 55,193
2008 1,146,954 253,411 47,975
2009 1,084,471 196,706 44,568
2010 1,139,801 96,703 44,960
2011+ 766,173 38,891 28,205
  • (*) Note: Statistics for 1998 include only November and December.
  • (+) Note: First eight months.

Airlines

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