Spirit Airlines on-time performance
607 routes · 64 airports · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
73%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.9%
4,614 flights
Avg arrival delay
21 min
74 min when late
US airline rank
#13 of 14
by on-time arrival
Key facts
- Spirit Airlines flights arrived on time 73% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
- 3.9% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #13 of 14 US airlines for on-time arrivals.
- The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (37%).
Monthly trend
Spirit Airlines's most delayed routes
Spirit Airlines's most reliable routes
Spirit Airlines at its biggest airports
Departures operated by this airline at each airport.
| Airport | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Departures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLL Fort Lauderdale | 67% | 4.0% | 24 min | 16,659 |
| MCO Orlando | 69% | 3.8% | 22 min | 13,007 |
| DTW Detroit | 76% | 3.1% | 18 min | 7,436 |
| LAS Las Vegas | 84% | 1.6% | 14 min | 6,920 |
| EWR Newark | 69% | 6.6% | 26 min | 6,729 |
| IAH Houston | 75% | 2.9% | 19 min | 4,744 |
| ATL Atlanta | 72% | 3.5% | 23 min | 4,513 |
| LGA New York | 72% | 6.3% | 23 min | 4,419 |
| ORD Chicago | 65% | 5.3% | 30 min | 4,062 |
| DFW Dallas/Fort Worth | 75% | 3.4% | 19 min | 3,742 |
| LAX Los Angeles | 79% | 2.5% | 17 min | 3,334 |
| MIA Miami | 66% | 4.8% | 27 min | 3,184 |
| TPA Tampa | 74% | 3.2% | 20 min | 2,679 |
| BWI Baltimore | 79% | 2.9% | 16 min | 2,630 |
| MSY New Orleans | 77% | 2.8% | 18 min | 2,614 |
Why flights were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion37%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
- Late-arriving aircraft30%
- Extreme weather2%
- Security0%
Why flights were cancelled
- Extreme weather56%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)35%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion9%
- Security0%
Busiest Spirit Airlines routes
- FLL → ATL 60%
- ATL → FLL 65%
- MCO → EWR 68%
- EWR → MCO 71%
- EWR → FLL 70%
- FLL → EWR 60%
- LGA → FLL 70%
- FLL → LGA 65%
- DTW → LGA 70%
- LGA → DTW 75%
- DTW → MCO 78%
- MCO → DTW 69%
- ORD → FLL 64%
- FLL → ORD 60%
- BUR → LAS 83%
- LAS → BUR 87%
- IAH → FLL 72%
- FLL → IAH 72%
- BWI → FLL 78%
- FLL → BWI 71%
- FLL → TPA 70%
- TPA → FLL 69%
- FLL → DTW 61%
- DTW → FLL 68%
- FLL → CLT 70%
- CLT → FLL 76%
- SNA → LAS 90%
- LAS → SNA 88%
- MCO → FLL 71%
- FLL → MCO 72%
- FLL → DFW 72%
- DFW → FLL 73%
- FLL → PHL 71%
- PHL → FLL 70%
- MCO → BNA 72%
- BNA → MCO 79%
- MCO → LGA 62%
- LGA → MCO 77%
- IAH → MCO 77%
- MCO → IAH 76%
- DTW → ATL 75%
- ATL → DTW 78%
- FLL → BNA 70%
- BNA → FLL 74%
- MSY → FLL 79%
- LAS → LAX 88%
- FLL → MSY 72%
- LAX → LAS 85%
- MCO → SJU 73%
- SJU → MCO 77%
- MCO → ORD 59%
- ORD → MCO 72%
- PHL → MCO 74%
- MCO → ACY 70%
- ACY → MCO 81%
- MCO → PHL 64%
- BWI → MCO 70%
- MCO → BWI 68%
- BOS → FLL 64%
- FLL → BOS 61%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.