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Flight Reliability

F9 3852 · Frontier Airlines

Atlanta → Buffalo (ATLBUF)

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
63%
Arrive within 15 minutes
21 min
Average arrival delay
4.4%
Cancelled
7 min
Median arrival delay

Based on 90 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

F9 3852 departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 66% of the time, versus 55% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

F9 3852 arrived on time 84% of the time on Thursdays and just 40% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Well behind the ATL–BUF route.

F9 3852 arrived on time 63% of the time, versus 79% across the ATL–BUF route.

Lagging the Frontier Airlines network.

F9 3852 arrived on time 63% of the time, versus 73% across the Frontier Airlines network.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon70%(10 flights)
  • Tue64%(11 flights)
  • Wed(0 flights)
  • Thu84%(19 flights)
  • Fri60%(10 flights)
  • Sat63%(16 flights)
  • Sun40%(20 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM(3 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM66%(70 flights)
  • 12–3 PM55%(11 flights)
  • 3–6 PM(2 flights)
On-time trend by month
53%
Feb

Jun 63% → Feb 53% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%16
July 202565%17
August 202567%18
January 202667%12
February 202653%19
Departures on time
62%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
86
Months covered
7

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.