Frontier Airlines in February 2026

77.2%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 February 2026, Frontier Airlines (F9) reported 15,056 scheduled domestic flights. 77.2% arrived on time, 1.4% were cancelled and 0.1% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 78.3% on time and 2.3% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 1.1 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, it reported 15,440 flights with 73.7% on time: a change of +3.5 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 77.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.2%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by Frontier Airlines in February 2026.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	F9, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Feb 2026
Arrived on time	77.2%	73.7%	71.6%	78.3%
Departed on time	77.8%	76.0%	72.3%	78.1%
Cancelled	1.4%	1.3%	1.9%	2.3%
Average arrival delay	6.6 min	10.3 min	13.3 min	4.3 min
Scheduled flights a day	502	515	574	17,168
Scheduled flights	15,056	15,440	209,405	515,037

80 airports and 630 routes had F9 flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DEN Denver	1,538	84.9%	-5.4 min	0.2%
MCO Orlando	1,483	78.6%	2.9 min	1.3%
ATL Atlanta	1,479	68.4%	17.7 min	1.1%
LAS Las Vegas	856	86.0%	-3.6 min	0.4%
PHL Philadelphia	737	65.4%	12.5 min	5.8%
PHX Phoenix	718	85.9%	-2.9 min	0.4%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	634	85.2%	-2.3 min	0.3%
TPA Tampa	491	74.9%	12.0 min	2.4%
CLE Cleveland	443	74.3%	9.9 min	0.7%
IAH Houston	343	80.8%	0.7 min	0.9%
LAX Los Angeles	332	80.7%	5.6 min	0.3%
MIA Miami	323	77.4%	4.5 min	1.9%
SLC Salt Lake City	315	91.7%	-5.4 min	0.3%
SJU San Juan	307	69.1%	29.1 min	2.6%
FLL Fort Lauderdale	297	56.9%	30.5 min	2.0%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	30.0%	38.2%	76,348
Late-arriving aircraft	49.5%	37.2%	126,113
National Aviation System	18.6%	18.5%	47,297
Extreme weather	2.0%	6.0%	5,085
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

254,843 delay minutes on 3,199 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

What share of Frontier Airlines flights were on time in February 2026?

77.2% of 15,056 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 78.3% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025 the carrier reported 15,440 flights with 73.7% on time and 1.3% cancelled, against 77.2% and 1.4% in February 2026.

Provenance

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