Frontier Airlines on-time performance
918 routes · 93 airports · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
73%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.9%
4,026 flights
Avg arrival delay
23 min
83 min when late
US airline rank
#12 of 14
by on-time arrival
Key facts
- Frontier Airlines flights arrived on time 73% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
- 1.9% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #12 of 14 US airlines for on-time arrivals.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (52%).
Monthly trend
Frontier Airlines's most delayed routes
Frontier Airlines's most reliable routes
Frontier Airlines at its biggest airports
Departures operated by this airline at each airport.
| Airport | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Departures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN Denver | 79% | 0.7% | 15 min | 22,770 |
| ATL Atlanta | 64% | 2.3% | 30 min | 20,281 |
| MCO Orlando | 77% | 1.6% | 19 min | 18,399 |
| LAS Las Vegas | 77% | 1.3% | 19 min | 12,692 |
| DFW Dallas/Fort Worth | 74% | 2.0% | 22 min | 10,432 |
| PHL Philadelphia | 69% | 2.7% | 27 min | 9,279 |
| PHX Phoenix | 79% | 1.2% | 18 min | 7,623 |
| TPA Tampa | 77% | 1.8% | 19 min | 6,555 |
| CLE Cleveland | 76% | 1.8% | 21 min | 6,392 |
| LAX Los Angeles | 73% | 1.7% | 22 min | 5,618 |
| IAH Houston | 70% | 2.2% | 27 min | 5,062 |
| SJU San Juan | 72% | 2.4% | 26 min | 4,915 |
| MIA Miami | 74% | 2.3% | 23 min | 4,324 |
| RDU Raleigh/Durham | 73% | 2.4% | 26 min | 4,268 |
| ORD Chicago | 68% | 3.7% | 36 min | 4,176 |
Why flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft52%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)26%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion19%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security0%
Why flights were cancelled
- Extreme weather52%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)48%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion0%
- Security0%
Busiest Frontier Airlines routes
- DEN → LAS 76%
- LAS → DEN 78%
- PHL → MCO 70%
- MCO → PHL 70%
- DEN → PHX 78%
- PHX → DEN 80%
- MCO → SJU 75%
- SJU → MCO 79%
- CLE → MCO 75%
- MCO → CLE 74%
- ATL → MCO 65%
- MCO → ATL 68%
- DFW → DEN 77%
- DEN → DFW 76%
- ATL → PHL 62%
- PHL → ATL 66%
- DEN → SLC 82%
- SLC → DEN 79%
- DEN → DCA 79%
- DCA → DEN 79%
- ATL → FLL 64%
- FLL → ATL 64%
- ATL → BWI 61%
- BWI → ATL 68%
- ATL → LGA 49%
- LGA → ATL 56%
- DFW → ATL 66%
- ATL → DFW 60%
- ATL → TPA 65%
- TPA → ATL 73%
- ATL → MIA 64%
- MIA → ATL 70%
- SFO → LAS 64%
- LAS → SFO 62%
- TPA → CLE 78%
- SJU → PHL 62%
- CLE → TPA 77%
- PHL → SJU 57%
- DEN → MCO 75%
- MCO → DEN 83%
- LAS → PHX 80%
- PHX → LAS 81%
- DFW → LAS 76%
- LAS → DFW 79%
- CVG → MCO 80%
- MCO → CVG 77%
- IAH → DEN 80%
- DEN → IAH 80%
- IAH → ATL 62%
- ATL → IAH 70%
- PHL → TPA 70%
- TPA → PHL 74%
- LAX → DEN 82%
- DEN → LAX 82%
- MCO → DFW 78%
- DEN → ATL 78%
- DFW → MCO 74%
- ATL → DEN 72%
- MCO → RDU 78%
- RDU → MCO 71%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.