401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$794M
Total assets Above avg plan size
6,374
Participants Above avg headcount
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$124,540
Avg per participant Near 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

$794M in assets, 6,374 participants

Frontier Airlines, Inc.'s Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan reported $794M in total assets and 6,374 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #3,271 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)

Coverage in Colorado

Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan covers 6,374 participants in Colorado, 17x the typical Colorado plan (state average ~376 per filing). Assets: $794M.

#3,271
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
+28.1%
assets growth YoY
8.0×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$793,817,009 Top 2% higher than 98% of 127,068 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 2023

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

Plan-year 2023 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 (6,374 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$42M in the plan year 2022 filing to $174M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $620M in the plan year 2022 filing to $794M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 5,417 in the plan year 2022 filing to 6,374 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 841256945 · Frontier Airlines, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan · $794M · 6,374 · 98th

  • PHOTO $794M
  • PHOTO 6,374
  • PHOTO 98th
  • PHOTO 401(k)
  • PHOTO near Formosa Plastics Corporation Employees Savings Plan
  • PHOTO ind #3271

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 2023.

Colorado filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$620M
Net Assets (End of Year)$794M
Net Income$174M
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. 020000400006000080000 01234 Total assets ($B) Participants Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.793817009 · Participants: 6374Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement PlanDavita Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.326219779 · Participants: 57711Davita Retirement Savings PlanBall Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.806549522 · Participants: 10349Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership PlanEmpower Retirement, LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.852270164 · Participants: 10036Empower Retirement, LLC 401(k) Savings PlanWoodward Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.765770435 · Participants: 5847Woodward Retirement Savings PlanArcadis U.S., Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.686655183 · Participants: 5491Arcadis U.S., Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants
Compare Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan reports $794M in end-of-year assets across 6,374 participants (0.006% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $124,540 per participant (90% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $174M.

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 Open filing
2023 6,374 $794M This page
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 Formosa Plastics Corporation Employees Savings Plan in NJ ($794M); by covered participants it is The 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan for Yoh Contract Employees in PA (6,377 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($794M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,374 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. 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 2023? ▼
Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan grew sharply - up 28.1% during 2023, from $620M to $794M. Reported net income was $174M.
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 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (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 Formosa Plastics Corporation Employees Savings Plan in NJ ($794M, 3,349 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 The 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan for Yoh Contract Employees in PA (6,377 participants, $43M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 841256945.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.