Allegiant vs Frontier: On-Time Performance Compared

Last 12 months · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Data through July 2026 · Last updated October 18, 2026

Over the last 12 months 74.0% of Allegiant flights arrived on time, compared with 73.1% for Frontier.

Allegiant cancelled fewer flights (0.7% vs 1.9%), and late flights averaged 88 minutes late on Allegiant vs 83 on Frontier.

On the 4 routes both airlines fly regularly, Allegiant had the better on-time record on 3 and Frontier on 1.

Allegiant vs Frontier: key numbers

Last 12 months, all flights each airline operated.

AllegiantFrontier

On-time arrivals74.0%73.1%

On-time departures75.9%73.6%

Cancelled0.7%1.9%

Diverted0.3%0.2%

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

AllegiantFrontier

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.

AllegiantFrontier

Airline (carrier)31.4%26.1%

Weather11.2%2.8%

Air traffic system (NAS)17.8%19.5%

Security0.2%0.0%

Late-arriving aircraft39.3%51.6%

4 routes where each airline had at least 100 completed flights in the last 12 months. Better on-time rate in bold.

Route	Allegiant on time	Frontier on time	Allegiant flights	Frontier flights
CVG → FLL	71.8%	75.3%	257	198
FLL → CVG	71.5%	67.2%	257	198
CVG → LAS	84.3%	77.2%	109	211
LAS → CVG	82.1%	73.7%	109	210