F9688Frontier Airlines · DEN → DCA
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Route confirmed Frontier Airlines

F9688 DenverDEN · 11:25 WashingtonDCA · 16:59

F9688 by Frontier Airlines flies from Denver (DEN) to Washington (DCA) for the Sun, Sep 6 departure.

Same number through DEN → CLE → DCA

Right nowLanded in Washington · today
16:23

arrived at DCA · 36 min early

Typical gate push−9 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−27 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~18 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
09-06
−36 arrival
09-05
−12 gate · −36 arrival
09-04
−6 gate · −27 arrival
09-03
+3 gate · −8 arrival
09-01
−9 gate · −30 arrival
08-31
−10 gate · −28 arrival
08-30
−12 gate · −12 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 −27 min · 0 cancelled · 8 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
47%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.1%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
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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
F9686departs 07:30
F9690departs 16:28

If F9688 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 F9688 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for F9688 across the DEN and DCA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~25 min early. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 7/7 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 F9688 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
09-06DEN 11:25DCA 16:59 16:23 (−36)
09-05DEN 11:25 11:13 (−12)DCA 16:59 16:23 (−36)
09-04DEN 11:25 11:19 (−6)DCA 16:59 16:32 (−27)
09-03DEN 11:25 11:28 (+3)DCA 16:59 16:51 (−8)
09-01DEN 11:25 11:16 (−9)DCA 16:59 16:29 (−30)
08-31DEN 11:25 11:15 (−10)DCA 16:59 16:31 (−28)
08-30DEN 11:25 11:13 (−12)DCA 16:59 16:47 (−12)
08-29DEN 11:25 11:28 (+3)DCA 16:59 16:44 (−15)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N440FR, N393FR, N430FR, N353FR.

Board clocks recorded as DEN and DCA published them.

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