Flight Reliability
F9 1496 · Frontier Airlines
Houston → Fort Lauderdale (IAH–FLL)
47
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WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 61%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 16 min
- Average arrival delay
- 4.8%
- Cancelled
- 5 min
- Median arrival delay
Based on 84 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
The 6–9 AM departure wins.
F9 1496 departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 63% of the time, versus 53% between 9 AM–12 PM.
Saturdays have been rough.
F9 1496 arrived on time 75% of the time on Fridays and just 47% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.
Well behind the IAH–FLL route.
F9 1496 arrived on time 61% of the time, versus 80% across the IAH–FLL route.
Lagging the Frontier Airlines network.
F9 1496 arrived on time 61% of the time, versus 73% across the Frontier Airlines network.
The breakdown
- Mon73%(11 flights)
- Tue—(1 flights)
- Wed—(1 flights)
- Thu65%(20 flights)
- Fri75%(12 flights)
- Sat47%(15 flights)
- Sun55%(20 flights)
- 6–9 AM63%(38 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM53%(30 flights)
- 12–3 PM—(6 flights)
- 3–6 PM—(6 flights)
55%
May
Mar 58% → May 55% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | 58% | 19 |
| April 2026 | 61% | 18 |
| May 2026 | 55% | 22 |
- Departures on time
- 76%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 80
- Months covered
- 7
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 84 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.