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Flight Reliability

F9 3871 · Frontier Airlines

Salt Lake City → Phoenix (SLCPHX)

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
2.2%
Cancelled
13 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 178 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

F9 3871 departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 66% between 3–6 PM.

Saturdays have been rough.

F9 3871 arrived on time 94% of the time on Tuesdays and just 70% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Better than the Frontier Airlines network average.

F9 3871 arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 73% across the Frontier Airlines network.

Trending in the right direction.

F9 3871 arrived on time 94% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 63% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon72%(29 flights)
  • Tue94%(18 flights)
  • Wed(9 flights)
  • Thu83%(30 flights)
  • Fri91%(34 flights)
  • Sat70%(20 flights)
  • Sun88%(32 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM91%(21 flights)
  • 12–3 PM96%(76 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(29 flights)
  • 6–9 PM78%(23 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM70%(23 flights)
On-time trend by month
93%
May

Jun 82% → May 93% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%17
July 202584%19
August 202567%15
October 202560%10
November 202563%16
March 2026100%19
April 202690%29
May 202693%30
Departures on time
87%
Diverted
1.1%
Flights flown
172
Months covered
10

Based on 178 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.