F9689Frontier Airlines · DCA → DEN
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Route confirmed Frontier Airlines

F9689 WashingtonDCA · 18:00 DenverDEN · 20:03

F9689 by Frontier Airlines flies from Washington (DCA) to Denver (DEN) for the Sat, Oct 10 departure.

Right nowEn route to Denver · off blocks 18:25 · 25 min late
20:03

estimated arrival at DEN · local time · landing about now

En routeF9689 · position estimated
DCAWashingtonDENDenver
Estimated from the boardsarr 20:03

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 18:25 · typical taxi-out at DCA ≈ 7.3 min.

Typical gate push+25 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+5 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~20 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-11
+25 gate
10-10
+25 gate · −15 arrival
10-09
+55 gate · +37 arrival
10-08
+16 gate · −2 arrival
10-06
+20 gate · +5 arrival
10-04
+14 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 +5 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

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

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.4%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
F9685departs 07:00
F9687departs 13:00

If F9689 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 F9689 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for F9689 across the DCA and DEN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 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 F9689 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
10-11DCA 18:00 18:25 (+25)DEN 20:03
10-10DCA 18:00 18:25 (+25)DEN 20:03 19:48 (−15)
10-09DCA 18:00 18:55 (+55)DEN 20:03 20:40 (+37)
10-08DCA 18:00 18:16 (+16)DEN 20:03 20:01 (−2)
10-06DCA 18:00 18:20 (+20)DEN 19:52 19:57 (+5)
10-04DCA 18:00 18:14 (+14)DEN 19:52

Aircraft

Recent tails: N439FR, N413FR, N329FR, N330FR.

Board clocks recorded as DCA and DEN published them.

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