The WALMART Airport: How This Tiny Airport Has Over 100 FLIGHTS a Day!
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Date: 2026-04-12
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memeruss9896
So glad to see you come to my state and see some of the beautiful state, though you didn't get to spend much time here. You need to come back and bring your family, it's a really beautiful natural state with fantastic scenery and lots of things to do. And not just in northwest Arkansas. All of Arkansas offers a lot of beauty and fun and interesting things to do!
Bentonville is the only headquarters for Walmart, therefore anyone and everyone that is associated with anything to do with Walmart has to come to the headquarters for meetings, etc! The airport also serves not only Bentonville, but Springdale, Fayetteville (University of Arkansas, and Rogers which have pretty much become one big area in northwest Arkansas, and it also serves areas across the state borders of Oklahoma and Missouri, making it a very busy place. For those people thinking that Walmart owns the airport, it is not owned by Walmart. The founder Sam Walton was a very humble, very well-loved man that worked hard to achieve his desire to bring things people needed to them and at a good price. In some ways it's still that way, some ways it's not. Bentonville has really grown because of Walmart and esp. bringing jobs. Tyson Foods is also based out of Springdale/Rogers area and draws a lot of traffic to the area also. Lots of great businesses are big up in that area and all over the state of Arkansas.
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So glad to see you come to my state and see some of the beautiful state, though you didn't get to spend much time here. You need to come back and bring your family, it's a really beautiful natural state with fantastic scenery and lots of things to do. And not just in northwest Arkansas. All of Arkansas offers a lot of beauty and fun and interesting things to do!
Bentonville is the only headquarters for Walmart, therefore anyone and everyone that is associated with anything to do with Walmart has to come to the headquarters for meetings, etc! The airport also serves not only Bentonville, but Springdale, Fayetteville (University of Arkansas, and Rogers which have pretty much become one big area in northwest Arkansas, and it also serves areas across the state borders of Oklahoma and Missouri, making it a very busy place. For those people thinking that Walmart owns the airport, it is not owned by Walmart. The founder Sam Walton was a very humble, very well-loved man that worked hard to achieve his desire to bring things people needed to them and at a good price. In some ways it's still that way, some ways it's not. Bentonville has really grown because of Walmart and esp. bringing jobs. Tyson Foods is also based out of Springdale/Rogers area and draws a lot of traffic to the area also. Lots of great businesses are big up in that area and all over the state of Arkansas.
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dart336
To be clear on a few points:
1: Bentonville is suburb of a greater metroplex of Rogers - Fayetteville so it's not a small town or rural. Sooner or later it will grow and merge with other suburbs. Like how West Hollywood it's own town for legal reasons but basically Los Angeles.
2: Benton AR IS a small town, in the middle of nowhere about half an hour SW of Little Rock. It's a common and annoying mistake, esp looking at listings.
3: We have other stuff, but yeah it's mostly Walmart buildings.
4. Never had a chance to fly in. I landed in Tulsa and we drove a rental 2 hours away. Fort Smith which is close by has a terribly run airport with only 3 or 4 flights a day by one airline. Tickets are insanely expensive. I wish XNA would offer ferry service for Fort Smith because our suburbs are nice. People live in that sweet spot in Rudy/Alma where the 49 and 40 merge. 25 to Fort Smith, hour to Bentonville, hour to Russelville. Before my friend passed, he was planning on moving here and he bought some houses in Fort Smith. Even though he could afford the price difference flew to XNA instead of Fort Smith. Flight got delayed, landed at midnight, spent 160 on an uber for 3 people to go to Alma to pick up the car. He should have just parked it in my driveway and flew in here. I'm a few miles from the airport
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To be clear on a few points:
1: Bentonville is suburb of a greater metroplex of Rogers - Fayetteville so it's not a small town or rural. Sooner or later it will grow and merge with other suburbs. Like how West Hollywood it's own town for legal reasons but basically Los Angeles.
2: Benton AR IS a small town, in the middle of nowhere about half an hour SW of Little Rock. It's a common and annoying mistake, esp looking at listings.
3: We have other stuff, but yeah it's mostly Walmart buildings.
4. Never had a chance to fly in. I landed in Tulsa and we drove a rental 2 hours away. Fort Smith which is close by has a terribly run airport with only 3 or 4 flights a day by one airline. Tickets are insanely expensive. I wish XNA would offer ferry service for Fort Smith because our suburbs are nice. People live in that sweet spot in Rudy/Alma where the 49 and 40 merge. 25 to Fort Smith, hour to Bentonville, hour to Russelville. Before my friend passed, he was planning on moving here and he bought some houses in Fort Smith. Even though he could afford the price difference flew to XNA instead of Fort Smith. Flight got delayed, landed at midnight, spent 160 on an uber for 3 people to go to Alma to pick up the car. He should have just parked it in my driveway and flew in here. I'm a few miles from the airport
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RoadCone411
While the Hilton Motto was probably overpriced for what it was, and it certainly wasn't the roomiest of accommodations, I think Noel is becoming bougie! No coffee makers How dare they! (I am 52 and have never used an in-room coffee maker in my life. I've watched Walk With Me Tim enough times to know what people do with those kettles)
Noel Maybe you need to stay at the JFK Lincoln Inn in Jamaica again to remind yourself what a truly bad hotel is! Admittedly, I did laugh at that video - it's out on the interwebs somewhere. The Motto in Bentonville reminded me of a Z Hotel I recently stayed at in Bath, UK. Decent decor but small rooms - my room didn't even have a window! Sleep, shower, use the WiFi, and move on!
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While the Hilton Motto was probably overpriced for what it was, and it certainly wasn't the roomiest of accommodations, I think Noel is becoming bougie! No coffee makers How dare they! (I am 52 and have never used an in-room coffee maker in my life. I've watched Walk With Me Tim enough times to know what people do with those kettles)
Noel Maybe you need to stay at the JFK Lincoln Inn in Jamaica again to remind yourself what a truly bad hotel is! Admittedly, I did laugh at that video - it's out on the interwebs somewhere. The Motto in Bentonville reminded me of a Z Hotel I recently stayed at in Bath, UK. Decent decor but small rooms - my room didn't even have a window! Sleep, shower, use the WiFi, and move on!
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Arkansas-y5g
Enjoyed your video but wanted to make a few corrections. The new Wal-Mart Home Office complex is very new, within the last two years. Yes, XNA has grown because of Wal-Mart and Tyson but that is not the only reason. NWA has become a destination for people escaping places like California. There are very few native Arkansans living in NWA. Most everyone here is from somewhere else. Northwest Arkansas is a compilation of the major cities of Fayetteville (University of Arkansas, Springdale (Tyson & JB Hunt Trucking, Rogers (Daisy Air Rifles, Bentonville (Wal-Mart) and Bella Vista. So the population that XNA serves is about 300, 000.
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Enjoyed your video but wanted to make a few corrections. The new Wal-Mart Home Office complex is very new, within the last two years. Yes, XNA has grown because of Wal-Mart and Tyson but that is not the only reason. NWA has become a destination for people escaping places like California. There are very few native Arkansans living in NWA. Most everyone here is from somewhere else. Northwest Arkansas is a compilation of the major cities of Fayetteville (University of Arkansas, Springdale (Tyson & JB Hunt Trucking, Rogers (Daisy Air Rifles, Bentonville (Wal-Mart) and Bella Vista. So the population that XNA serves is about 300, 000.
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Calebs_Aviation
I miss it! I always have a tinge of nostalgia whenever I go to Chicago for an airport that I never actually visited because as you mentioned for years, it was the default in Microsoft flight simulator from the 1990s onward and I grew up with the early models of Microsoft flight simulator where it was the default
Mayor Richard Daley did a lot of wrong and downright illegal things, but this probably hurts the most at least to us aviation enthusiasts.
I wish they would rebuild the runway. I mean, you could literally make an
untowered facility in the middle of the park.
-Caleb
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I miss it! I always have a tinge of nostalgia whenever I go to Chicago for an airport that I never actually visited because as you mentioned for years, it was the default in Microsoft flight simulator from the 1990s onward and I grew up with the early models of Microsoft flight simulator where it was the default
Mayor Richard Daley did a lot of wrong and downright illegal things, but this probably hurts the most at least to us aviation enthusiasts.
I wish they would rebuild the runway. I mean, you could literally make an
untowered facility in the middle of the park.
-Caleb
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AlexejVargas-u7w
Love your videos Noel, but you got a little bit wrong. There’s more than just one major company in the northwest Arkansas area. There’s also Headquarters for Tyson foods, J. B. hunt, just to make a couple. Also Bentonville has a lower population than Springdale (estimated near 100k, and Fayetteville (over 100k. Northwest Arkansas total population is over half a million in total. We also have a big SEC college in Fayetteville with enrollment near 35k students. It would be amazing to have you back and have a local show you around this beautiful place!
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Love your videos Noel, but you got a little bit wrong. There’s more than just one major company in the northwest Arkansas area. There’s also Headquarters for Tyson foods, J. B. hunt, just to make a couple. Also Bentonville has a lower population than Springdale (estimated near 100k, and Fayetteville (over 100k. Northwest Arkansas total population is over half a million in total. We also have a big SEC college in Fayetteville with enrollment near 35k students. It would be amazing to have you back and have a local show you around this beautiful place!
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coletrickle--iXLR8
For all you british people, Sam Walton was into hunting. This is explained in the walmart museum. Walk past the 1950's store front area shown in this video into a side hallway ( i had a hard time finding this hallway at 1st. I don't remember it being labeled as the museum entrance very well) into the back. And that's where the core of the museum is. Entrance into the museum is free. You will come out of the museum into a 1950's ice cream parlor.
So thus why most walmarts have an hunting/fishing section of the store with rifles for sale.
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For all you british people, Sam Walton was into hunting. This is explained in the walmart museum. Walk past the 1950's store front area shown in this video into a side hallway ( i had a hard time finding this hallway at 1st. I don't remember it being labeled as the museum entrance very well) into the back. And that's where the core of the museum is. Entrance into the museum is free. You will come out of the museum into a 1950's ice cream parlor.
So thus why most walmarts have an hunting/fishing section of the store with rifles for sale.
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gscott5778
Yeah just ignore that this airport serves Rogers, Bentonville and Fayetteville Arkansas including at least Washington and Benton county - total population as of 2024 almost 600, 000 people. (10 times the number this yahoo used for his story. In those counties we have Walmart, JB Hunt Trucking, Tyson Foods And the University of Arkansas. So Your ignorance is blinding. Oh this airport is far from Tiny. Also at this tiny airport very large aircraft are serviced routinely by King Aerospace doing modifications and upgrades on large aircraft.
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Yeah just ignore that this airport serves Rogers, Bentonville and Fayetteville Arkansas including at least Washington and Benton county - total population as of 2024 almost 600, 000 people. (10 times the number this yahoo used for his story. In those counties we have Walmart, JB Hunt Trucking, Tyson Foods And the University of Arkansas. So Your ignorance is blinding. Oh this airport is far from Tiny. Also at this tiny airport very large aircraft are serviced routinely by King Aerospace doing modifications and upgrades on large aircraft.
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noel_philips
Bentonville being the fourth largest city in the metro area of more than 600, 000 people that is serviced by XNA makes this video extremely weird.
Fayetteville has the state's flagship university and 100, 000 people.
Springdale has Tyson Corporate Headquarters and 90. 000 people.
Rogers has a significant bulk of the corporate-friendly amenities and 80, 000 people.
And of course JB Hunt's corporate offices, a highly rated art-museum, and a lot of mounain-bike tourism also bringing a lot of people through XNA.
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Bentonville being the fourth largest city in the metro area of more than 600, 000 people that is serviced by XNA makes this video extremely weird.
Fayetteville has the state's flagship university and 100, 000 people.
Springdale has Tyson Corporate Headquarters and 90. 000 people.
Rogers has a significant bulk of the corporate-friendly amenities and 80, 000 people.
And of course JB Hunt's corporate offices, a highly rated art-museum, and a lot of mounain-bike tourism also bringing a lot of people through XNA.
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FlyingMedic92
Walmart isnt the sole reason for xna. The metropolitan area has almost 500, 000 people and growing as well as the world head quarters for Tyson Foods, and J. B Hunt. A majority of the travelers have nothing to do with walmart. Not mention all of the corporate flights go out of Rogers Airport not XNA. To improve your content, next time actually have an understanding of the area your covering. You did not, at all, tell the correct story.
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Walmart isnt the sole reason for xna. The metropolitan area has almost 500, 000 people and growing as well as the world head quarters for Tyson Foods, and J. B Hunt. A majority of the travelers have nothing to do with walmart. Not mention all of the corporate flights go out of Rogers Airport not XNA. To improve your content, next time actually have an understanding of the area your covering. You did not, at all, tell the correct story.
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kenswindle4860
Wow, sad that you didn’t see anything here like Crystal Bridges, the University of Arkansas, Beaver Lake, Eureka Springs, Lake Atalanta, the bike trails, and more. The comment about a field somewhere in Arkansas just shows that you never left your hotel. If you come back, let me know, and I will be happy to show you around, but you will need an actually accurate (and less dramatic) headline, but the video will be much better.
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Wow, sad that you didn’t see anything here like Crystal Bridges, the University of Arkansas, Beaver Lake, Eureka Springs, Lake Atalanta, the bike trails, and more. The comment about a field somewhere in Arkansas just shows that you never left your hotel. If you come back, let me know, and I will be happy to show you around, but you will need an actually accurate (and less dramatic) headline, but the video will be much better.
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JenSalvatore21
This is my home airport. I would have screamed if I saw Noel. It’s bizarre to see someone make an entire video about a place that is very ordinary to me.
Also, XNA serves a metropolitan area of 600, 000. I work at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, which has an enrollment of 37, 000 students. He keeps saying tiny town and just Walmart when the whole of Northwest Arkansas is a top 100 metropolitan area.
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This is my home airport. I would have screamed if I saw Noel. It’s bizarre to see someone make an entire video about a place that is very ordinary to me.
Also, XNA serves a metropolitan area of 600, 000. I work at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, which has an enrollment of 37, 000 students. He keeps saying tiny town and just Walmart when the whole of Northwest Arkansas is a top 100 metropolitan area.
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jrlaurie
Been a long time since I've seen such an inaccurate report like this. The airport serves 605, 000 people in Northwest Arkansas, not just Bentonville. Bentonville is small fraction of that. I also love where he says Tyson put an office here to serve Walmart. Had he done a fraction of research, he'd know Tyson foods has been in NWA since 1935, long before Walmart existed. The hotels are accurate
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Been a long time since I've seen such an inaccurate report like this. The airport serves 605, 000 people in Northwest Arkansas, not just Bentonville. Bentonville is small fraction of that. I also love where he says Tyson put an office here to serve Walmart. Had he done a fraction of research, he'd know Tyson foods has been in NWA since 1935, long before Walmart existed. The hotels are accurate
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markmcguire5453
Off on Tuesday April 1 to stay with my cousins who live east of Fayetteville, flying into XNA via ORD and LHR originating from NCL. Agree with what others say about the whole Northwest Arkansas area, its population and size - roughly 30 miles from North to South. It's a great place to say with friendly people, plenty of quality restaurants, culture and sporting opportunities!
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Off on Tuesday April 1 to stay with my cousins who live east of Fayetteville, flying into XNA via ORD and LHR originating from NCL. Agree with what others say about the whole Northwest Arkansas area, its population and size - roughly 30 miles from North to South. It's a great place to say with friendly people, plenty of quality restaurants, culture and sporting opportunities!
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thecrummy1
The airport technically isn't in Bentonville, it's in Highfill Ar. At least until 2030 when it will officially seperate itself from the city of Highfill. Let's also not forget that NW Arkansas is the home of Tyson foods and JB Hunt Trucking, two other major players in the growth of the area. It's not all about Wallyworld. Oh and Walmart has it's own airport as well in Rogers Ar.
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The airport technically isn't in Bentonville, it's in Highfill Ar. At least until 2030 when it will officially seperate itself from the city of Highfill. Let's also not forget that NW Arkansas is the home of Tyson foods and JB Hunt Trucking, two other major players in the growth of the area. It's not all about Wallyworld. Oh and Walmart has it's own airport as well in Rogers Ar.
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leedennis78
Noel, love your videos and glad you came to my little corner of the world. However, we are not tiny. Bentonville may only be 60k residents. Benton County is 322k and Washington county 267k. The cities in this region are to the point you dont know where one ends and the other begins. It is becoming a major metro area and is expected to be over 1 million people by 2040.
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Noel, love your videos and glad you came to my little corner of the world. However, we are not tiny. Bentonville may only be 60k residents. Benton County is 322k and Washington county 267k. The cities in this region are to the point you dont know where one ends and the other begins. It is becoming a major metro area and is expected to be over 1 million people by 2040.
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michaelnichols8265
This is full of misinformation. It's not the Bentonville airport. It's the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport, serving Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, and Bentonville. Yes, Walmart is a major corporate draw for travelers, but also for University of Arkansas, JB Hunt Transport, Tyson Foods, and many more. It's also a backup airport for Tulsa and Little Rock.
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This is full of misinformation. It's not the Bentonville airport. It's the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport, serving Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, and Bentonville. Yes, Walmart is a major corporate draw for travelers, but also for University of Arkansas, JB Hunt Transport, Tyson Foods, and many more. It's also a backup airport for Tulsa and Little Rock.
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jacobcarlin9745
Found this video pretty annoying. Northwest Arkansas is the second biggest region in Arkansas and the biggest region in the Ozarks. Yeah, bentonville is Walmart city, but there’s so much more in the region than Walmart. Just a quick search could’ve told him that. All this coming from an Arkansan. Excited to see my state featured but video was a letdown tbh.
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Found this video pretty annoying. Northwest Arkansas is the second biggest region in Arkansas and the biggest region in the Ozarks. Yeah, bentonville is Walmart city, but there’s so much more in the region than Walmart. Just a quick search could’ve told him that. All this coming from an Arkansan. Excited to see my state featured but video was a letdown tbh.
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wesleysmith7464
As a resident from B-Ville, the negative comments are lame and from people not from the area. they hate us cause they ain't us! Noel, this was a great video, thank you for taking the time to visit our quaint town rather than making judgements from afar like some! Sam did great and his children are carrying on the legacy. the auntie annes in XNA is the best!
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As a resident from B-Ville, the negative comments are lame and from people not from the area. they hate us cause they ain't us! Noel, this was a great video, thank you for taking the time to visit our quaint town rather than making judgements from afar like some! Sam did great and his children are carrying on the legacy. the auntie annes in XNA is the best!
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matthauschild
Dude, you have way too much fascination with some of the most disappointing parts of my country. I'm glad that you like it in the US, but Walmart is a horrible company with awful practices across the Americas putting small retailers out of business. This is not a company or region of the US that needs a platform. It's abhorrent and not that interesting.
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Dude, you have way too much fascination with some of the most disappointing parts of my country. I'm glad that you like it in the US, but Walmart is a horrible company with awful practices across the Americas putting small retailers out of business. This is not a company or region of the US that needs a platform. It's abhorrent and not that interesting.
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