ON TIMEBOARD

Frontier Airlines on time

Every domestic Frontier Airlines flight, including regional partners, September 2025 to August 2026.

On time
71%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.1%
213,022 flights
Typical arrival
−6 min
median vs schedule
Rank
8/10
U.S. airlines, on time
Routes
166
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Who flies it

Flights sold as Frontier Airlines, by the airline that operates them.

Operated byFlightsOn timeCancelledTypical arrival
Frontier Airlines213,02271%2.1%−6 min

How late?

The on-time rate treats a flight 20 minutes late the same as one 5 hours late. Here's the split for Frontier Airlines flights: when a flight was late, it was under 45 minutes late 48% of the time. About 1 in 9 flights landed an hour or more late, and 1 in 44 three hours or more; 2.0% were cancelled outright.

Share of all 213,022 scheduled flights, past 12 months, by arrival time against schedule.

By departure hour

40%70%100%12 a.m. departures: 71% on time (1,786 flights)7112a1 a.m. departures: 60% on time (132 flights)601a2 a.m. departures: 69% on time (177 flights)692a3 a.m. departures: 79% on time (559 flights)793a4 a.m. departures: too few flights4a5 a.m. departures: 82% on time (5,444 flights)825a6 a.m. departures: 83% on time (18,085 flights)836a7 a.m. departures: 82% on time (10,623 flights)827a8 a.m. departures: 79% on time (11,322 flights)798a9 a.m. departures: 78% on time (11,638 flights)789a10 a.m. departures: 77% on time (11,399 flights)7710a11 a.m. departures: 75% on time (12,129 flights)7511anoon departures: 75% on time (12,104 flights)7512p1 p.m. departures: 71% on time (10,570 flights)711p2 p.m. departures: 70% on time (10,917 flights)702p3 p.m. departures: 69% on time (11,597 flights)693p4 p.m. departures: 65% on time (13,542 flights)654p5 p.m. departures: 63% on time (11,302 flights)635p6 p.m. departures: 62% on time (11,190 flights)626p7 p.m. departures: 63% on time (10,537 flights)637p8 p.m. departures: 63% on time (12,466 flights)638p9 p.m. departures: 62% on time (10,460 flights)629p10 p.m. departures: 60% on time (11,579 flights)6010p11 p.m. departures: 69% on time (3,464 flights)6911p

Month by month

50%75%100%Sep 2023Jan 2024Jan 2025Jan 2026Sep 2023: 71% on time, 2.0% cancelledOct 2023: 74% on time, 0.7% cancelledNov 2023: 80% on time, 0.1% cancelledDec 2023: 77% on time, 0.5% cancelledJan 2024: 71% on time, 2.2% cancelledFeb 2024: 80% on time, 0.3% cancelledMar 2024: 66% on time, 2.7% cancelledApr 2024: 69% on time, 1.7% cancelledMay 2024: 64% on time, 2.6% cancelledJun 2024: 61% on time, 3.5% cancelledJul 2024: 62% on time, 4.5% cancelledAug 2024: 65% on time, 3.3% cancelledSep 2024: 75% on time, 1.6% cancelledOct 2024: 73% on time, 3.1% cancelledNov 2024: 77% on time, 0.9% cancelledDec 2024: 75% on time, 0.6% cancelledJan 2025: 72% on time, 2.5% cancelledFeb 2025: 74% on time, 1.3% cancelledMar 2025: 73% on time, 2.0% cancelledApr 2025: 73% on time, 1.2% cancelledMay 2025: 69% on time, 1.0% cancelledJun 2025: 59% on time, 3.1% cancelledJul 2025: 62% on time, 2.9% cancelledAug 2025: 69% on time, 1.6% cancelledSep 2025: 79% on time, 0.3% cancelledOct 2025: 77% on time, 0.5% cancelledNov 2025: 74% on time, 2.0% cancelledDec 2025: 67% on time, 2.8% cancelledJan 2026: 69% on time, 3.6% cancelledFeb 2026: 77% on time, 1.4% cancelledMar 2026: 68% on time, 3.2% cancelledApr 2026: 73% on time, 1.3% cancelledMay 2026: 76% on time, 0.5% cancelledJun 2026: 70% on time, 2.0% cancelledJul 2026: 63% on time, 3.4% cancelledAug 2026: 64% on time, 3.0% cancelled
Share of flights on time, by month (hover a point for cancellations)

Why flights were late

Late inbound plane 52%Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 25%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 20%Severe weather 3%

Most reliable routes

Least reliable routes

Routes listed have at least 365 Frontier Airlines flights in the past year. Compare all airlines · Method.