On-Time Report

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Carrier month · September 2024

Frontier Airlines in September 2024

74.8%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 September 2024, Frontier Airlines (F9) reported 17,491 scheduled domestic flights. 74.8% arrived on time, 1.6% were cancelled and 0.1% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 83.9% on time and 0.6% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 9.1 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, it reported 16,353 flights with 71.1% on time: a change of +3.7 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 17%.

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

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

MeasureSep 2024Sep 2023F9, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, Sep 2024
Arrived on time74.8%71.1%71.6%83.9%
Departed on time76.7%72.2%72.3%84.4%
Cancelled1.6%2.0%1.9%0.6%
Average arrival delay8.3 min14.1 min13.3 min1.0 min
Scheduled flights a day58354557419,421
Scheduled flights17,49116,353209,405582,622

78 airports and 598 routes had F9 flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DEN Denver2,28283.0%1.0 min0.3%
LAS Las Vegas1,21577.3%5.4 min0.7%
MCO Orlando1,14277.5%3.9 min1.5%
ATL Atlanta1,07167.1%14.4 min2.8%
PHL Philadelphia95673.2%7.4 min1.9%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth94966.9%12.5 min0.6%
PHX Phoenix78382.2%3.3 min0.4%
CLE Cleveland52179.1%5.6 min2.5%
SFO San Francisco45569.0%19.1 min1.1%
TPA Tampa45377.7%1.0 min6.4%
RDU Raleigh/Durham43567.4%11.2 min5.1%
SJU San Juan38386.2%-2.7 min0.8%
IAH Houston36759.4%22.6 min1.9%
LAX Los Angeles36056.9%32.9 min0.8%
CLT Charlotte34857.5%36.7 min3.4%

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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, Sep 2024Minutes
Air carrier29.0%38.6%80,780
Late-arriving aircraft51.7%38.4%143,924
National Aviation System17.1%18.2%47,565
Extreme weather2.2%4.8%6,048
Security0.0%0.1%0
278,317 delay minutes on 4,102 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 September 2024?

74.8% of 17,491 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 83.9% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023 the carrier reported 16,353 flights with 71.1% on time and 2.0% cancelled, against 74.8% and 1.6% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.