Spirit Airlines DTW to ATL on-time performance
Spirit Airlines nonstop flights from Detroit to Atlanta · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
75%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.0%
12 flights
Avg arrival delay
18 min
70 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 3
route average 79% on time
Key facts
- Spirit Airlines flights on DTW to ATL arrived on time 75% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 79% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (37%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft37%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)33%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion29%
- Extreme weather0%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DTW to ATL
- Delta Air Lines81% on time · 14 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines66% on time · 37 min avg delay
Full DTW to ATL comparison →
Spirit Airlines on-time record across all routes →
592 Spirit Airlines flights tracked on this route; 12 cancelled, 4 diverted.
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.