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Flight Reliability

F9 3972 · Frontier Airlines

Phoenix → Dallas–Fort Worth (PHXDFW)

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
8 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 194 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

F9 3972 departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 71% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

F9 3972 arrived on time 90% of the time on Wednesdays and just 74% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit ahead of the Frontier Airlines network.

F9 3972 arrived on time 79% of the time, versus 73% across the Frontier Airlines network.

Trending in the right direction.

F9 3972 arrived on time 90% 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
  • Mon83%(36 flights)
  • Tue77%(26 flights)
  • Wed90%(10 flights)
  • Thu79%(29 flights)
  • Fri74%(35 flights)
  • Sat75%(28 flights)
  • Sun78%(27 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM97%(30 flights)
  • 6–9 AM85%(13 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM(9 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(111 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(28 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
Jan

Jun 65% → Jan 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202565%23
July 202568%25
August 202572%25
September 202584%25
October 202586%22
November 202590%20
December 2025100%13
January 202681%16
Departures on time
82%
Diverted
0.5%
Flights flown
191
Months covered
11

Based on 194 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.