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Frontier Airlines DTW to DFW on-time performance

Frontier Airlines nonstop flights from Detroit to Dallas/Fort Worth · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
60%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.1%
8 flights
Avg arrival delay
35 min
84 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 5
route average 75% on time

Key facts

  • Frontier Airlines flights on DTW to DFW arrived on time 60% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 3.1% were cancelled, and 17% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #5 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (67%).

On-time trend by month

0%50%100%July 2025: 77.8% on time, 5.3% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 82.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 50.0% on time, 7.7% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 65.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 60.0% on time, 4.8% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 36.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 18.2% on time, 8.3% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 87.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 62.5% on time, 5.9% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 60.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 72.4% on time, 3.3% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 39.3% on time, 6.7% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 66.0% on time, 2.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft67%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion19%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)14%
  • Extreme weather0%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DTW to DFW

Full DTW to DFW comparison →
Frontier Airlines on-time record across all routes →

259 Frontier Airlines flights tracked on this route; 8 cancelled, 0 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.