401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$620M
Total assets Above avg plan size
5,417
Participants Above avg headcount
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$114,390
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Frontier Airlines, Inc. · Colorado · Transportation & Warehousing

$620M in assets, 5,417 participants

Frontier Airlines, Inc.'s Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan reported $620M in total assets and 5,417 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #3,777 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)

Coverage in Colorado

Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan covers 5,417 participants in Colorado, 14x the typical Colorado plan (state average ~376 per filing). Assets: $620M.

#3,777
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
-6.4%
assets change YoY
6.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $42M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$619,649,808 Top 2% higher than 98% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan lands in the large band (5,417 participants).

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 841256945 · Frontier Airlines, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)

Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan · $620M · 5,417 · 98th

  • EOY $620M
  • 5500 5,417
  • ASSETS 98th
  • PCT 401(k)
  • EIN near Parexel International Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
  • RANK ind #3777

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Colorado →

Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Colorado filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$662M
Net Assets (End of Year)$620M
Net Income-$42M
Employer EIN841256945
Plan Effective Date2007-03-02
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Frontier Airlines, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Frontier Airlines, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$962M 55.2366887847079% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$400M$600M$800M$1,000M 202220232024 $620M $962M ▲ +55.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 5,417 $620M
2023 1 6,374 $794M
2024 1 7,242 $962M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Colorado

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0200004000060000 0.511.522.53 Total assets ($B) Participants Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.619649808 · Participants: 5417Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement PlanDavita Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.75238679 · Participants: 57172Davita Retirement Savings PlanBall Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.51543651 · Participants: 10671Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership PlanScl Health 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.514958969 · Participants: 12642Scl Health 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanWoodward Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.504801917 · Participants: 5046Woodward Retirement Savings PlanEmpower Retirement, LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.49307635 · Participants: 7741Empower Retirement, LLC 401(k) Savings Plan
Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan

Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan reports $620M in end-of-year assets across 5,417 participants (0.005% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $114,390 per participant (83% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$42M.

This plan identity (EIN 841256945, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $620M to $962M (+55.2%) while covered participants moved from 5,417 to 7,242 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 5,417 $620M This page
2023 6,374 $794M Open filing
2024 · index core 7,242 $962M Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Colorado, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Parexel International Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in MA ($620M); by covered participants it is Smiths Group Incentive Savings Plan in DC (5,415 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,417 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan pulled back noticeably - down 6.4% during 2022, from $662M to $620M. Reported net income was -$42M.
How have Frontier Airlines, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Frontier Airlines, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 55.2%, from $620M to $962M.
Where does Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Parexel International Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in MA ($620M, 4,707 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Smiths Group Incentive Savings Plan in DC (5,415 participants, $824M in assets).