Frontier Airlines DFW to DTW on-time performance
Frontier Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Detroit · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.5%
4 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
72 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 5
route average 75% on time
Key facts
- Frontier Airlines flights on DFW to DTW arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.5% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (50%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft50%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)26%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion21%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DFW to DTW
- American Airlines67% on time · 24 min avg delay
- Delta Air Lines84% on time · 16 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines81% on time · 17 min avg delay
- Envoy Air93% on time · 4 min avg delay
Full DFW to DTW comparison →
Frontier Airlines on-time record across all routes →
259 Frontier Airlines flights tracked on this route; 4 cancelled, 1 diverted.
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.