Spirit Airlines DTW to DFW on-time performance
Spirit Airlines nonstop flights from Detroit to Dallas/Fort Worth · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.6%
3 flights
Avg arrival delay
14 min
57 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 5
route average 75% on time
Key facts
- Spirit Airlines flights on DTW to DFW arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.6% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (42%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion42%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)29%
- Late-arriving aircraft28%
- Extreme weather1%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DTW to DFW
- American Airlines76% on time · 22 min avg delay
- Delta Air Lines77% on time · 14 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines60% on time · 35 min avg delay
- Envoy Air93% on time · 11 min avg delay
Full DTW to DFW comparison →
Spirit Airlines on-time record across all routes →
191 Spirit Airlines flights tracked on this route; 3 cancelled, 1 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.