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F9 3278 · Frontier Airlines

Salt Lake City → Dallas–Fort Worth (SLC–DFW)

77
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
2.1%
Cancelled
9 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 142 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

F9 3278 departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 69% between 3–6 PM.

Saturdays have been rough.

F9 3278 arrived on time 93% of the time on Thursdays and just 68% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit ahead of the Frontier Airlines network.

F9 3278 arrived on time 78% of the time, versus 73% across the Frontier Airlines network.

Recent months have been rougher.

F9 3278 arrived on time 73% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon81%(36 flights)
  • Tue—(5 flights)
  • Wed—(6 flights)
  • Thu93%(14 flights)
  • Fri69%(35 flights)
  • Sat68%(19 flights)
  • Sun79%(24 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM74%(19 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(37 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(3 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(29 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(51 flights)
On-time trend by month
40%
Apr

Jun 100% → Apr 40% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 2025100%11
July 202550%10
October 202593%15
November 202582%11
December 202592%13
January 202670%10
February 2026100%10
March 202679%28
April 202640%10
Departures on time
83%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
139
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 142 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.