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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-07-016688.txt : 20070309
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20070309105654
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-07-016688
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070309
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070309
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070309

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			XATA CORP /MN/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000854398
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS [3571]
		IRS NUMBER:				411641815
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		151 E CLIFF RD STE 10
		CITY:			BURNSVILLE
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55337
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6128943680

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		151 E CLIFF RD STE 10
		CITY:			BURNSVILLE
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55337

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NORTHWEST ACQUISITIONS INC/MN/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19911209

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Schlick Thomas LeRoy
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001359135

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-27166
		FILM NUMBER:		07682963

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		952-707-5600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		151 EAST CLIFF ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 10
		CITY:			BURNSVILLE
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55337
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2007-03-09</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000854398</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>XATA CORP /MN/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>XATA</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001359135</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Schlick Thomas LeRoy</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>151 EAST CLIFF ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 10</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BURNSVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>55337</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Operating Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>5.03</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-03-09</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>50000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2008-02-26</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2012-02-26</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>50000</value>
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            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>139000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Stock option award pursuant to 2007 Long-Term Incentive and Stock Option Plan. Shares under this award become exercisable as follows: 16,667 shares on February 26, 2008, 16,667 shares on February 26, 2009, and 16,666 shares on February 26, 2010.  Stock option exercisable for five years at a price equal to the fair market value of the common stock at date of grant.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Mark E. Ties</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-03-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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