Flight Reliability
F9 2609 · Frontier Airlines
Philadelphia → Fort Lauderdale (PHL–FLL)
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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 68%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 16 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.4%
- Cancelled
- 7 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 165 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Morning-you made the right choice.
F9 2609 departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 75% of the time, versus 52% between 3–6 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
F9 2609 arrived on time 83% of the time on Tuesdays and just 52% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
A bit behind the PHL–FLL route.
F9 2609 arrived on time 68% of the time, versus 73% across the PHL–FLL route.
A bit behind the Frontier Airlines network.
F9 2609 arrived on time 68% of the time, versus 73% across the Frontier Airlines network.
The breakdown
- Mon70%(20 flights)
- Tue83%(24 flights)
- Wed79%(24 flights)
- Thu70%(20 flights)
- Fri73%(22 flights)
- Sat54%(28 flights)
- Sun52%(23 flights)
- 6–9 AM73%(70 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM75%(24 flights)
- 12–3 PM68%(40 flights)
- 3–6 PM52%(27 flights)
90%
May
Dec 69% → May 90% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 69% | 29 |
| January 2026 | 52% | 25 |
| February 2026 | 65% | 17 |
| March 2026 | 53% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 74% | 23 |
| May 2026 | 90% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 75%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 161
- Months covered
- 7
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 165 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.