F9685Frontier Airlines · DCA → DEN
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Route confirmed Frontier Airlines

F9685 WashingtonDCA · 07:00 DenverDEN · 09:04

F9685 by Frontier Airlines flies from Washington (DCA) to Denver (DEN) for the Sat, Oct 10 departure.

Right nowExpected in Denver · On time
09:04

arrival expected at DEN · on schedule

Typical gate push+9 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−4 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~13 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-09
+27 gate · −4 arrival
10-08
+25 gate · −2 arrival
10-07
+8 gate · −16 arrival
10-06
+8 gate · −17 arrival
10-05
+9 gate · −33 arrival
10-04
+14 gate · +5 arrival
10-03
+6 gate

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −4 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DCAWashingtonOn-time likelyDCA delay board →
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
DCA→DENevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.0%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DCA and DEN are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Washington to Denver flights today

same route · Frontier Airlines
F9687departs 13:00
F9689departs 18:00

If F9685 is cancelled, these are the other Frontier Airlines nonstop flights from Washington to Denver on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DCA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How F9685 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for F9685 across the DCA and DEN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 6/6 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how F9685 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-09DCA 07:00 07:27 (+27)DEN 09:04 09:00 (−4)
10-08DCA 07:00 07:25 (+25)DEN 09:04 09:02 (−2)
10-07DCA 07:00 07:08 (+8)DEN 09:03 08:47 (−16)
10-06DCA 07:00 07:08 (+8)DEN 09:03 08:46 (−17)
10-05DCA 07:00 07:09 (+9)DEN 09:03 08:30 (−33)
10-04DCA 07:00 07:14 (+14)DEN 09:03 09:08 (+5)
10-03DCA 07:00 07:06 (+6)DEN

Aircraft

Recent tails: N374FR, N413FR, N409FR, N329FR.

Board clocks recorded as DCA and DEN published them.

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