Frontier vs Republic: On-Time Performance Compared

Last 12 months · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Data through July 2026 · Last updated October 18, 2026

Republic was more punctual than Frontier over the last 12 months: 78.7% of its flights arrived on time, against 73.1%.

Frontier cancelled fewer flights (1.9% vs 4.1%), and late flights averaged 83 minutes late on Frontier vs 72 on Republic.

On the 30 routes both airlines fly regularly, Frontier had the better on-time record on 1 and Republic on 29.

Frontier vs Republic: key numbers

Last 12 months, all flights each airline operated.

FrontierRepublic

On-time arrivals73.1%78.7%

On-time departures73.6%81.3%

Cancelled1.9%4.1%

Diverted0.2%0.2%

On-time arrival % each month, last 24 months.

FrontierRepublic

60%70%80%90%

Aug ’24Nov ’24Feb ’25May ’25Aug ’25Nov ’25Feb ’26May ’26

Share of each airline’s reported delay minutes by cause, last 12 months.

FrontierRepublic

Airline (carrier)26.1%23.5%

Weather2.8%5.7%

Air traffic system (NAS)19.5%31.8%

Security0.0%0.1%

Late-arriving aircraft51.6%38.9%

30 routes where each airline had at least 100 completed flights in the last 12 months; the 25 busiest are shown. Better on-time rate in bold.

Route	Frontier on time	Republic on time	Frontier flights	Republic flights
LGA → ATL	56.1%	77.1%	919	1,733
ATL → LGA	49.2%	76.0%	919	1,732
LGA → RDU	56.6%	74.0%	170	2,022
RDU → LGA	59.4%	70.0%	170	2,020
CLE → LGA	66.9%	77.2%	127	1,669
LGA → CLE	63.3%	74.7%	126	1,667
RDU → ORD	57.9%	72.0%	114	1,086
ORD → RDU	65.1%	75.0%	114	1,085
LGA → CLT	59.8%	79.7%	235	946
CLT → LGA	56.7%	80.9%	235	945
ATL → PHL	62.1%	90.5%	1,048	119
PHL → ATL	66.4%	87.9%	1,046	119
ORD → ATL	68.2%	70.4%	715	305
ATL → ORD	64.2%	69.0%	712	305
ORD → JFK	59.8%	76.9%	117	820
JFK → ORD	51.4%	77.5%	116	820
EWR → ATL	71.0%	86.6%	708	130
ATL → EWR	60.4%	79.5%	707	130
RDU → PHL	73.0%	84.4%	600	220
PHL → RDU	80.3%	82.1%	600	219
ORD → IAH	77.8%	76.8%	263	367
IAH → ORD	65.2%	73.3%	262	365
ORD → CLT	68.5%	80.0%	148	408
CLT → ORD	65.0%	82.6%	148	403
ORD → BWI	66.4%	69.8%	140	331