Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (IATA: XNA, ICAO: KXNA, FAA LID: XNA) is a public use airport in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. It is 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) northwest of the city of Fayetteville and 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) northwest of the city of Springdale. The airport, located in Highfill, Arkansas, is also near the cities of Bentonville, Rogers, and Siloam Springs, Arkansas. 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, which was undersized to serve the rapidly-growing Northwest Arkansas region. American Eagle Airlines (the regional carrier for American Airlines) is the major carrier, formerly serving 6 cities, and currently 3 from XNA: Dallas/Fort Worth, Chicago O'hare, and New York's LaGuardia. Much of AA's expansion at XNA is due to its contract with Wal-Mart, which is based in Bentonville.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 547,871 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 530,087 enplanements in 2009, and 549,195 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).
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