A pilot reported confusion regarding the commercial plan view graphics on all Runway 34 and 35 ILS/LOC and RNAV approach plates that terminate at Runway 35. Likewise all south ILS/LOC and RNAV approaches terminate at Runway 17. Runway 17/35 is a new; as yet unopened runway.

Narrative

On a recent flight into XNA; while examining the latest revision of the commercial approach plates for the airport; we noticed that all of the overhead views for the approaches into XNA show the approach terminating at (the new but still closed as of early June) Runway 17/35. This was a source of confusion in the cockpit for a few minutes; because we had both been into XNA recently and neither of us recalled Runway 17/35 being open yet. There was nothing on the ASOS broadcast; which normally contains NOTAMs; about 17/35 being closed; although once we were in visual range of the airport we could see the large temporary X signs on the runway. I don't recall whether any NOTAMs pertaining to the runway closure were in the dispatch release or not.(The fact that someone somewhere decided to open a new; parallel runway on the west side of XNA and *not* designate it Runway 16R/34L is pure idiocy in itself; and the controllers down there seem to agree.) The commercial chart manufacturer needs to fix their approach diagrams so that the Runway 16/34 approaches terminate at the correct (eastern) runway; and the authority responsible for naming runways needs to follow standard naming conventions for parallel runways as soon as possible.