Spirit Airlines DTW to CLT on-time performance
Spirit Airlines nonstop flights from Detroit to Charlotte · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
83%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.4%
1 flights
Avg arrival delay
12 min
65 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 5
route average 84% on time
Key facts
- Spirit Airlines flights on DTW to CLT arrived on time 83% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.4% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #3 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 84% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (50%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion50%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)34%
- Late-arriving aircraft16%
- Extreme weather0%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DTW to CLT
- American Airlines85% on time · 16 min avg delay
- Delta Air Lines82% on time · 13 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines59% on time · 72 min avg delay
- PSA Airlines100% on time · 0 min avg delay
Full DTW to CLT comparison →
Spirit Airlines on-time record across all routes →
72 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.