F9686Frontier Airlines · DEN → DCA
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Route confirmed Frontier Airlines

F9686 DenverDEN · 06:45 WashingtonDCA · 12:09

F9686 by Frontier Airlines flies from Denver (DEN) to Washington (DCA) for the Fri, Nov 13 departure.

Right nowOn time · gate A84
06:45

departs DEN · on schedule

⚖ F9686 typically leaves −10 and lands −25. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push−10 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−25 minmedian over 10 operations
Wins back in air~15 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 10tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+85+171+256 min
11-13
+245 arrival
11-12
+256 gate · +245 arrival
11-11
−9 gate · −31 arrival
11-09
−14 gate · −26 arrival
11-08
−10 gate · −24 arrival
11-07
−10 gate · −22 arrival
11-06
−9 gate · −25 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 −25 min · 0 cancelled · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DENDenverModerate riskDEN 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
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.9%Chance of cancellation
+6 minTypical airport delay in this weather

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. These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow at Denver

Forecast

Sat 14 Nov, local date

High9°Clikely 6°C to 12°C
Low2°Clikely 0°C to 5°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Washington

Forecast

Sat 14 Nov, local date

High11°Clikely 9°C to 12°C
Low4°Clikely 3°C to 6°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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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 11:30
F9690departs 16:35

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 that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. 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 ~22 min early. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 8/10 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 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
11-13DEN 06:45DCA 12:09 16:14 (+245)
11-12DEN 06:45 11:01 (+256)DCA 12:09 16:14 (+245)
11-11DEN 06:45 06:36 (−9)DCA 12:09 11:38 (−31)
11-09DEN 06:45 06:31 (−14)DCA 12:09 11:43 (−26)
11-08DEN 06:45 06:35 (−10)DCA 12:09 11:45 (−24)
11-07DEN 06:45 06:35 (−10)DCA 12:09 11:47 (−22)
11-06DEN 06:45 06:36 (−9)DCA 12:09 11:44 (−25)
11-05DEN 06:45 06:34 (−11)DCA 12:09 11:40 (−29)
11-04DEN 06:45 06:31 (−14)DCA 12:09 11:37 (−32)
11-02DEN 06:45 06:40 (−5)DCA 12:09 11:43 (−26)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N324FR, N369FR, N368FR, N362FR.

Board clocks recorded as DEN and DCA published them.

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