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Frontier Airlines DTW to PHL on-time performance

Frontier Airlines nonstop flights from Detroit to Philadelphia · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
58%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.7%
2 flights
Avg arrival delay
45 min
104 min when late
Rank on route
#7 of 7
route average 79% on time

Key facts

  • Frontier Airlines flights on DTW to PHL arrived on time 58% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.7% were cancelled, and 15% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #7 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 79% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (62%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 88.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25November 2025: 80.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 42.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 50.0% on time, 9.1% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 50.0% on time, 11.1% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 66.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26July 2026: 44.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft62%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)23%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion15%
  • Extreme weather0%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DTW to PHL

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

75 Frontier Airlines flights tracked on this route; 2 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.