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Carrier month · December 2024
Frontier Airlines in December 2024
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 December 2024, Frontier Airlines (F9) reported 17,294 scheduled domestic flights. 75.0% arrived on time, 0.6% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 78.1% on time and 0.7% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 3.1 points below the combined figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, it reported 15,698 flights with 77.4% on time: a change of −2.4 points.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 54%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 75.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.1%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.2%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | F9, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 75.0% | 77.4% | 71.6% | 78.1% |
| Departed on time | 75.8% | 76.9% | 72.3% | 77.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 0.5% | 1.9% | 0.7% |
| Average arrival delay | 8.9 min | 7.4 min | 13.3 min | 7.1 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 577 | 523 | 574 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled flights | 17,294 | 15,698 | 209,405 | 590,581 |
83 airports and 665 routes had F9 flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN Denver | 1,855 | 84.1% | 0.6 min | 0.2% |
| MCO Orlando | 1,737 | 81.8% | 1.6 min | 0.4% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 1,008 | 85.5% | -1.3 min | 0.0% |
| ATL Atlanta | 1,006 | 61.1% | 23.7 min | 0.7% |
| PHL Philadelphia | 827 | 70.1% | 10.5 min | 1.3% |
| DFW Dallas/Fort Worth | 729 | 70.8% | 14.5 min | 0.8% |
| PHX Phoenix | 689 | 84.5% | 2.4 min | 0.4% |
| SJU San Juan | 621 | 70.0% | 11.5 min | 0.3% |
| TPA Tampa | 618 | 72.7% | 10.5 min | 0.2% |
| CLE Cleveland | 559 | 66.7% | 11.9 min | 0.4% |
| SFO San Francisco | 430 | 69.5% | 19.3 min | 0.5% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 380 | 71.8% | 13.3 min | 0.5% |
| CVG Cincinnati | 371 | 70.9% | 13.6 min | 1.1% |
| MIA Miami | 330 | 71.5% | 14.1 min | 0.6% |
| IAH Houston | 322 | 64.6% | 20.7 min | 0.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Frontier Airlines flights were on time in December 2024?
75.0% of 17,294 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 78.1% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023 the carrier reported 15,698 flights with 77.4% on time and 0.5% cancelled, against 75.0% and 0.6% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.