Frontier Airlines DFW to ORD on-time performance
Frontier Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
70%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.1%
14 flights
Avg arrival delay
30 min
97 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 7
route average 68% on time
Key facts
- Frontier Airlines flights on DFW to ORD arrived on time 70% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 3.1% were cancelled, and 15% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #5 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 68% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (51%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft51%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion37%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)10%
- Extreme weather1%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DFW to ORD
- American Airlines66% on time · 27 min avg delay
- United Airlines72% on time · 28 min avg delay
- Envoy Air69% on time · 31 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines75% on time · 23 min avg delay
- Republic Airways75% on time · 16 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines88% on time · 2 min avg delay
Full DFW to ORD comparison →
Frontier Airlines on-time record across all routes →
449 Frontier Airlines flights tracked on this route; 14 cancelled, 2 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.