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Flight Reliability

F9 3242 · Frontier Airlines

Dallas–Fort Worth → Chicago (DFW–ORD)

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
61%
Arrive within 15 minutes
18 min
Average arrival delay
3.3%
Cancelled
9 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 90 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Skip Wednesday if you can.

F9 3242 arrived on time 64% of the time on Thursdays. On Wednesdays: 50%.

Lagging the DFW–ORD route.

F9 3242 arrived on time 61% of the time, versus 69% across the DFW–ORD route.

Lagging the Frontier Airlines network.

F9 3242 arrived on time 61% of the time, versus 73% across the Frontier Airlines network.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon50%(18 flights)
  • Tue—(9 flights)
  • Wed50%(12 flights)
  • Thu64%(11 flights)
  • Fri63%(19 flights)
  • Sat—(7 flights)
  • Sun64%(11 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(4 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM63%(82 flights)
On-time trend by month
67%
Nov

Aug 77% → Nov 67% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
August 202577%13
September 202575%16
October 202548%21
November 202567%18
Departures on time
60%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
87
Months covered
9

Same route, other flights

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Based on 90 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.