Last updated: 31 October 2026.
Frontier asks you to arrive at the airport at least 2 hours before departure. Mobile check-in in the Frontier app is the quickest way to get a boarding pass.
24 hoursbefore departure when check-in opens
60 mincheck-in and bag drop close, domestic and international
45 minbe at the gate; boarding begins
20 minboarding ends
Timeline before departure
- Check-in opens
- 24 hours before departure
- Arrive at the airport
- 2 hours before
- Ticket counters
- Open about 2 hours before and close 1 hour before
- Check-in and bag drop close
- 60 minutes before, on domestic and international flights
- At the gate
- 45 minutes before, when boarding typically begins
- Boarding ends
- 20 minutes before; later arrivals may lose their ticket and seat under the Contract of Carriage
- If you are not checking a bag, go straight to the gate with your mobile boarding pass.
- Agent help at the airport is a paid extra for in-person help with check-in or printing a pass; some passengers are exempt from the fee.
Questions travellers ask us
When does check-in close?
60 minutes before departure.
When must I be at the gate?
45 minutes before; boarding ends 20 minutes before.
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