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F9 4286 · Frontier Airlines

Detroit → Orlando (DTW–MCO)

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
8 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 267 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

F9 4286 arrived on time 88% of the time on Saturdays and just 69% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit ahead of the Frontier Airlines network.

F9 4286 arrived on time 77% of the time, versus 73% across the Frontier Airlines network.

Trending in the right direction.

F9 4286 arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(42 flights)
  • Tue87%(23 flights)
  • Wed73%(22 flights)
  • Thu78%(45 flights)
  • Fri70%(47 flights)
  • Sat88%(40 flights)
  • Sun69%(45 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM—(9 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(88 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(154 flights)
  • 3–6 PM—(7 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(6 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 53% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202553%17
July 202558%24
August 202567%24
September 202591%21
October 202583%18
November 202578%18
December 202575%16
January 202668%19
February 202681%21
March 202678%27
April 202693%28
May 202687%31
Departures on time
78%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
264
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 267 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.