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Flight Reliability

F9 4990 · Frontier Airlines

San Diego → Denver (SANDEN)

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min early
Average arrival delay
2.2%
Cancelled
13 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 134 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

F9 4990 departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 63% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

F9 4990 arrived on time 100% of the time on Saturdays and just 73% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Better than the Frontier Airlines network average.

F9 4990 arrived on time 81% of the time, versus 73% across the Frontier Airlines network.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(29 flights)
  • Tue(4 flights)
  • Wed(4 flights)
  • Thu76%(21 flights)
  • Fri73%(30 flights)
  • Sat100%(13 flights)
  • Sun77%(30 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM96%(25 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(14 flights)
  • 3–6 PM92%(12 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(35 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM84%(45 flights)
On-time trend by month
96%
May

Jun 46% → May 96% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202546%13
November 202580%15
March 202688%17
April 202683%24
May 202696%23
Departures on time
76%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
131
Months covered
12

Based on 134 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.