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Spirit Airlines DTW to BNA on-time performance

Spirit Airlines nonstop flights from Detroit to Nashville · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
76%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.8%
1 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
73 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 79% on time

Key facts

  • Spirit Airlines flights on DTW to BNA arrived on time 76% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.8% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 4 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

30%65%100%July 2025: 86.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 95.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 94.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 82.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 78.3% on time, 4.2% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 48.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 57.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft37%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion35%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)25%
  • Extreme weather3%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DTW to BNA

Full DTW to BNA comparison →
Spirit Airlines on-time record across all routes →

124 Spirit Airlines flights tracked on this route; 1 cancelled, 0 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.