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Flight Reliability

F9 2970 · Frontier Airlines

Dallas–Fort Worth → Philadelphia (DFW–PHL)

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
69%
Arrive within 15 minutes
24 min
Average arrival delay
3.4%
Cancelled
8 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 179 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

F9 2970 departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 58% between 6–9 PM.

Mondays have been rough.

F9 2970 arrived on time 88% of the time on Saturdays and just 50% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit behind the Frontier Airlines network.

F9 2970 arrived on time 69% of the time, versus 73% across the Frontier Airlines network.

Keep a backup plan handy.

F9 2970 was cancelled 3.4% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon50%(36 flights)
  • Tue—(5 flights)
  • Wed82%(11 flights)
  • Thu77%(34 flights)
  • Fri79%(34 flights)
  • Sat88%(16 flights)
  • Sun58%(36 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM100%(11 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(24 flights)
  • 12–3 PM63%(89 flights)
  • 3–6 PM64%(36 flights)
  • 6–9 PM58%(12 flights)
On-time trend by month
71%
May

Jun 27% → May 71% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202527%11
July 202540%15
August 202577%17
September 202571%17
October 202565%20
November 202593%14
January 202680%10
February 202683%12
April 202673%15
May 202671%28
Departures on time
69%
Diverted
0.6%
Flights flown
172
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 179 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.