Spirit Airlines DTW to FLL on-time performance
Spirit Airlines nonstop flights from Detroit to Fort Lauderdale · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
68%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.8%
20 flights
Avg arrival delay
23 min
69 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 72% on time
Key facts
- Spirit Airlines flights on DTW to FLL arrived on time 68% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2.8% were cancelled, and 13% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (41%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion41%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)34%
- Late-arriving aircraft24%
- Extreme weather1%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DTW to FLL
- Delta Air Lines74% on time · 19 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines61% on time · 26 min avg delay
- JetBlue69% on time · 24 min avg delay
Full DTW to FLL comparison →
Spirit Airlines on-time record across all routes →
717 Spirit Airlines flights tracked on this route; 20 cancelled, 2 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.