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F9 1040 · Frontier Airlines

Orlando → Raleigh–Durham (MCO–RDU)

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
11 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 213 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

F9 1040 departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 41% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

F9 1040 arrived on time 84% of the time on Saturdays and just 68% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit ahead of the Frontier Airlines network.

F9 1040 arrived on time 78% of the time, versus 73% across the Frontier Airlines network.

Recent months have been rougher.

F9 1040 arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 90% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(34 flights)
  • Tue—(7 flights)
  • Wed81%(21 flights)
  • Thu77%(39 flights)
  • Fri83%(36 flights)
  • Sat84%(32 flights)
  • Sun68%(41 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(2 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(133 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(9 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(1 flights)
  • 3–6 PM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 PM41%(17 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM47%(47 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 67% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%21
July 202552%21
August 202564%22
September 202595%21
October 202590%20
November 202593%14
February 202686%14
March 202656%18
April 202690%19
May 202690%31
Departures on time
78%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
210
Months covered
11

Same route, other flights

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Based on 213 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.