Government ranks Frontier Airlines last for on-time flights

Here are the government’s rankings of the leading airlines and their on-time performance for March. The federal government counts a flight as on time if it arrives within 14 minutes of schedule.

1. Hawaiian Airlines, 87.3 percent

2. Alaska Airlines, 85.6 percent

3. Delta Air Lines, 84.0 percent

4. SkyWest, 82.5 percent

5. Southwest Airlines, 80.0 percent

6. US Airways, 79.1 percent

7. Virgin America, 78.9 percent

8. United Airlines, 78.2 percent

9. ExpressJet, 76.2 percent

10. American Airlines, 75.4 percent

11. Spirit Airlines, 73.9 percent

12. JetBlue Airways, 71.5 percent

13. Envoy Air, 67.8 percent

14. Frontier Airlines, 65.2 percent

Total for all reporting airlines: 78.7 percent

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation

The department also reported American and US Airways together as 77.0 percent. Both airlines and Envoy Air are owned by American Airlines Group Inc.

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