F9686Frontier Airlines · DEN → DCA
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Route confirmed Frontier Airlines

F9686 DenverDEN · 06:45 WashingtonDCA · 12:11

F9686 by Frontier Airlines flies from Denver (DEN) to Washington (DCA) for the Mon, Sep 21 departure.

Right nowOn time · gate A54 · as of 01:38
06:45

departs DEN · on schedule

Typical gate push−5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−13 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~8 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
09-21
−20 arrival
09-20
−11 gate · −22 arrival
09-19
−9 gate · −13 arrival
09-18
+5 gate · −13 arrival
09-17
+9 gate · −10 arrival
09-16
−12 gate · +4 arrival
09-14
−5 gate · −20 arrival

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 −13 min · 1 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

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

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
46%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.8%Chance of cancellation
+13 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DEN and DCA 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
061422
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Denver to Washington flights today

same route · Frontier Airlines
F9688departs 11:23
F9690departs 16:28

If F9686 is cancelled, these are the other Frontier Airlines nonstop flights from Denver to Washington on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DEN local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How F9686 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for F9686 across the DEN and DCA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~11 min early. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 8/8 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how F9686 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
09-21DEN 06:45DCA 12:11 11:51 (−20)
09-20DEN 06:45 06:34 (−11)DCA 12:11 11:49 (−22)
09-19DEN 06:45 06:36 (−9)DCA 12:11 11:58 (−13)
09-18DEN 06:45 06:50 (+5)DCA 12:11 11:58 (−13)
09-17DEN 06:45 06:54 (+9)DCA 12:11 12:01 (−10)
09-16DEN 06:45 06:33 (−12)DCA 12:11 12:15 (+4)
09-14DEN 06:45 06:40 (−5)DCA 12:11 11:51 (−20)
09-13CANCELLED
09-12DEN DCA 12:11 11:41 (−30)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N439FR, N394FR, N318FR, N374FR.

Board clocks recorded as DEN and DCA published them.

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