Frontier Airlines in March 2026

67.8%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 March 2026, Frontier Airlines (F9) reported 20,119 scheduled domestic flights. 67.8% arrived on time, 3.2% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 73.2% on time and 2.9% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 5.4 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, it reported 18,846 flights with 73.2% on time: a change of −5.4 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 67.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.7%
Cancelled 3.2%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	F9, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Mar 2026
Arrived on time	67.8%	73.2%	71.6%	73.2%
Departed on time	68.2%	74.1%	72.3%	72.8%
Cancelled	3.2%	2.0%	1.9%	2.9%
Average arrival delay	17.5 min	10.7 min	13.3 min	10.6 min
Scheduled flights a day	671	628	574	20,403
Scheduled flights	20,119	18,846	209,405	612,102

84 airports and 687 routes had F9 flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DEN Denver	2,050	75.3%	7.4 min	1.5%
MCO Orlando	2,006	68.9%	13.3 min	3.9%
ATL Atlanta	1,804	55.0%	31.4 min	3.7%
LAS Las Vegas	1,098	79.9%	5.7 min	1.7%
PHX Phoenix	952	71.6%	16.6 min	1.4%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	889	69.9%	12.8 min	2.9%
PHL Philadelphia	839	64.1%	18.7 min	2.6%
TPA Tampa	744	70.6%	18.2 min	2.7%
CLE Cleveland	688	71.1%	13.1 min	3.2%
LAX Los Angeles	502	67.3%	20.6 min	3.0%
MIA Miami	494	62.1%	26.0 min	4.5%
ORD Chicago	480	54.2%	41.5 min	6.5%
FLL Fort Lauderdale	469	51.6%	40.2 min	5.3%
IAH Houston	450	62.0%	24.8 min	4.7%
CVG Cincinnati	388	75.3%	3.1 min	2.6%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	25.9%	33.5%	132,860
Late-arriving aircraft	49.2%	39.3%	252,240
National Aviation System	21.5%	21.0%	110,356
Extreme weather	3.4%	5.9%	17,548
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

513,004 delay minutes on 5,784 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 March 2026?

67.8% of 20,119 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 73.2% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025 the carrier reported 18,846 flights with 73.2% on time and 2.0% cancelled, against 67.8% and 3.2% in March 2026.

Provenance

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