On-Time Report

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Carrier month · August 2024

Frontier Airlines in August 2024

65.2%arrived on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2024, Frontier Airlines (F9) reported 18,813 scheduled domestic flights. 65.2% arrived on time, 3.3% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 74.7% on time and 2.1% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 9.5 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, it reported 15,405 flights with 62.1% on time: a change of +3.1 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 19%.

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by Frontier Airlines in August 2024.

August 2024 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

MeasureAug 2024Aug 2023F9, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, Aug 2024
Arrived on time65.2%62.1%71.6%74.7%
Departed on time67.6%62.3%72.3%75.4%
Cancelled3.3%5.0%1.9%2.1%
Average arrival delay18.6 min23.7 min13.3 min10.6 min
Scheduled flights a day62751457420,634
Scheduled flights18,81315,405209,405619,025

80 airports and 678 routes had F9 flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DEN Denver2,37768.4%14.4 min1.3%
MCO Orlando1,24466.5%17.5 min2.8%
LAS Las Vegas1,12473.8%9.6 min1.2%
PHL Philadelphia1,11758.8%29.0 min6.2%
ATL Atlanta1,03558.1%26.9 min3.5%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth96164.8%16.9 min2.4%
PHX Phoenix77377.9%7.1 min1.8%
CLE Cleveland55269.0%12.3 min4.2%
RDU Raleigh/Durham51561.2%16.3 min4.3%
SJU San Juan50962.7%20.9 min3.7%
TPA Tampa47170.9%10.6 min5.9%
SFO San Francisco45566.8%15.3 min2.0%
CVG Cincinnati39971.9%9.1 min3.3%
IAH Houston38460.2%22.2 min3.6%
ONT Ontario35973.3%11.1 min3.6%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of F9 flights that arrived on time, by scheduled departure hour (local time at each origin), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, Aug 2024Minutes
Air carrier27.6%33.8%127,684
Late-arriving aircraft51.1%39.8%236,878
National Aviation System19.1%20.4%88,647
Extreme weather2.2%5.9%10,191
Security0.0%0.1%0
463,400 delay minutes on 5,901 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

What share of Frontier Airlines flights were on time in August 2024?

65.2% of 18,813 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 74.7% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023 the carrier reported 15,405 flights with 62.1% on time and 5.0% cancelled, against 65.2% and 3.3% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for Frontier Airlines · methodology · corrections.