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Frontier Airlines PHL to DTW on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
72%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.0%
3 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
56 min when late
Rank on route
#6 of 7
route average 80% on time

Key facts

  • Frontier Airlines flights on PHL to DTW arrived on time 72% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 4% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #6 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 80% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (49%).

On-time trend by month

0%50%100%July 2025: 88.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 87.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25November 2025: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 57.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 60.0% on time, 9.1% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 55.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 0.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 33.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26July 2026: 88.0% on time, 7.4% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)49%
  • Late-arriving aircraft28%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion23%
  • Extreme weather0%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on PHL to DTW

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

75 Frontier Airlines flights tracked on this route; 3 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.