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Carrier month · December 2025
Frontier Airlines in December 2025
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 2025, Frontier Airlines (F9) reported 16,724 scheduled domestic flights. 66.6% arrived on time, 2.8% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 71.9% on time and 1.5% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 5.3 points below the combined figure.
A year earlier, in December 2024, it reported 17,294 flights with 75.0% on time: a change of −8.4 points.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 16%.
- On time 66.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.5%
- Cancelled 2.8%
- Diverted 0.2%
December 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | F9, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 66.6% | 75.0% | 71.6% | 71.9% |
| Departed on time | 66.9% | 75.8% | 72.3% | 72.0% |
| Cancelled | 2.8% | 0.6% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| Average arrival delay | 19.0 min | 8.9 min | 13.3 min | 13.0 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 558 | 577 | 574 | 19,410 |
| Scheduled flights | 16,724 | 17,294 | 209,405 | 582,304 |
86 airports and 719 routes had F9 flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN Denver | 1,733 | 75.0% | 6.0 min | 0.8% |
| ATL Atlanta | 1,613 | 53.7% | 33.8 min | 3.7% |
| MCO Orlando | 1,432 | 72.3% | 10.5 min | 1.7% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 957 | 75.5% | 7.2 min | 1.9% |
| DFW Dallas/Fort Worth | 807 | 74.7% | 8.2 min | 3.1% |
| PHL Philadelphia | 736 | 55.8% | 33.5 min | 3.7% |
| PHX Phoenix | 600 | 80.2% | 3.4 min | 1.3% |
| CLE Cleveland | 516 | 63.4% | 21.0 min | 3.5% |
| SJU San Juan | 502 | 71.1% | 12.8 min | 2.8% |
| TPA Tampa | 500 | 71.6% | 17.1 min | 2.8% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 481 | 67.4% | 14.9 min | 2.5% |
| MIA Miami | 392 | 66.6% | 16.4 min | 4.8% |
| RDU Raleigh/Durham | 365 | 60.8% | 32.7 min | 4.1% |
| IAH Houston | 362 | 66.9% | 21.3 min | 0.6% |
| ORD Chicago | 331 | 55.3% | 43.7 min | 7.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Frontier Airlines flights were on time in December 2025?
66.6% of 16,724 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 71.9% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2024 the carrier reported 17,294 flights with 75.0% on time and 0.6% cancelled, against 66.6% and 2.8% in December 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for Frontier Airlines · methodology · corrections.