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Carrier month · May 2026
Frontier Airlines in May 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 May 2026, Frontier Airlines (F9) reported 18,423 scheduled domestic flights. 76.1% arrived on time, 0.5% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 77.6% on time and 0.9% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 1.5 points below the combined figure.
A year earlier, in May 2025, it reported 16,036 flights with 68.6% on time: a change of +7.5 points.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 22%.
- On time 76.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.2%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.2%
May 2026 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | May 2026 | May 2025 | F9, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, May 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 76.1% | 68.6% | 71.6% | 77.6% |
| Departed on time | 76.6% | 69.0% | 72.3% | 77.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1.9% | 0.9% |
| Average arrival delay | 8.2 min | 19.6 min | 13.3 min | 6.2 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 614 | 535 | 574 | 20,391 |
| Scheduled flights | 18,423 | 16,036 | 209,405 | 611,735 |
79 airports and 596 routes had F9 flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL Atlanta | 2,018 | 66.6% | 18.7 min | 0.6% |
| DEN Denver | 1,970 | 79.6% | 2.5 min | 0.2% |
| MCO Orlando | 1,625 | 86.0% | -4.0 min | 0.2% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 1,159 | 76.8% | 6.3 min | 0.4% |
| DFW Dallas/Fort Worth | 1,068 | 76.1% | 7.4 min | 1.1% |
| PHL Philadelphia | 775 | 77.9% | 3.8 min | 0.3% |
| CLE Cleveland | 608 | 82.1% | 3.7 min | 0.7% |
| IAH Houston | 564 | 71.1% | 16.3 min | 0.0% |
| PHX Phoenix | 561 | 77.5% | 10.1 min | 0.4% |
| TPA Tampa | 539 | 77.4% | 8.3 min | 0.4% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 513 | 75.6% | 10.5 min | 0.2% |
| SJU San Juan | 457 | 83.4% | 2.3 min | 0.0% |
| RDU Raleigh/Durham | 389 | 76.1% | 13.3 min | 0.3% |
| FLL Fort Lauderdale | 375 | 66.7% | 18.1 min | 0.5% |
| SFO San Francisco | 361 | 57.1% | 26.7 min | 1.7% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Frontier Airlines flights were on time in May 2026?
76.1% of 18,423 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 77.6% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2025 the carrier reported 16,036 flights with 68.6% on time and 1.0% cancelled, against 76.1% and 0.5% in May 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.