Flight Reliability
F9 2686 · Frontier Airlines
Detroit → Tampa (DTW–TPA)
73
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 76%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 17 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.0%
- Cancelled
- 4 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 51 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
The 3–6 PM departure wins.
F9 2686 departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 81% of the time, versus 60% between 6–9 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
F9 2686 arrived on time 82% of the time on Thursdays and just 50% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
A bit behind the DTW–TPA route.
F9 2686 arrived on time 76% of the time, versus 79% across the DTW–TPA route.
The breakdown
- Mon—(7 flights)
- Tue—(5 flights)
- Wed—(3 flights)
- Thu82%(11 flights)
- Fri—(8 flights)
- Sat—(4 flights)
- Sun50%(12 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM—(9 flights)
- 3–6 PM81%(26 flights)
- 6–9 PM60%(10 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM—(5 flights)
- Departures on time
- 76%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 50
- Months covered
- 4
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 51 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.