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Carrier month · January 2026
Frontier Airlines in January 2026
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 January 2026, Frontier Airlines (F9) reported 15,382 scheduled domestic flights. 69.4% arrived on time, 3.6% were cancelled and 0.1% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 75.3% on time and 4.7% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 5.9 points below the combined figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, it reported 15,526 flights with 72.0% on time: a change of −2.6 points.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 69.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.9%
- Cancelled 3.6%
- Diverted 0.1%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | F9, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 69.4% | 72.0% | 71.6% | 75.3% |
| Departed on time | 71.1% | 74.9% | 72.3% | 75.6% |
| Cancelled | 3.6% | 2.5% | 1.9% | 4.7% |
| Average arrival delay | 13.6 min | 10.8 min | 13.3 min | 6.4 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 513 | 518 | 574 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled flights | 15,382 | 15,526 | 209,405 | 544,003 |
84 airports and 697 routes had F9 flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN Denver | 1,568 | 77.4% | 1.1 min | 1.4% |
| ATL Atlanta | 1,518 | 60.3% | 24.9 min | 3.6% |
| MCO Orlando | 1,395 | 72.6% | 7.7 min | 3.0% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 932 | 79.0% | 2.1 min | 1.8% |
| PHL Philadelphia | 711 | 54.3% | 30.2 min | 6.0% |
| DFW Dallas/Fort Worth | 698 | 74.8% | 3.5 min | 5.9% |
| PHX Phoenix | 624 | 76.6% | 6.3 min | 2.1% |
| SJU San Juan | 503 | 61.6% | 21.4 min | 8.0% |
| TPA Tampa | 501 | 76.8% | 3.4 min | 3.4% |
| CLE Cleveland | 409 | 57.2% | 26.0 min | 2.7% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 409 | 72.4% | 18.9 min | 2.9% |
| MIA Miami | 363 | 72.7% | 2.5 min | 4.1% |
| IAH Houston | 350 | 72.3% | 8.2 min | 2.6% |
| SLC Salt Lake City | 309 | 79.9% | 4.2 min | 1.9% |
| ORD Chicago | 295 | 63.7% | 24.8 min | 1.7% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Frontier Airlines flights were on time in January 2026?
69.4% of 15,382 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 75.3% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025 the carrier reported 15,526 flights with 72.0% on time and 2.5% cancelled, against 69.4% and 3.6% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for Frontier Airlines · methodology · corrections.