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Spirit Airlines DTW to LAX on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.4%
7 flights
Avg arrival delay
14 min
63 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 3
route average 77% on time

Key facts

  • Spirit Airlines flights on DTW to LAX arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.4% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 77% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (43%).

On-time trend by month

0%50%100%July 2025: 93.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 93.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 97.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 84.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 73.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 71.2% on time, 5.5% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 71.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 60.5% on time, 2.6% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 55.6% on time, 2.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 54.8% on time, 3.1% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 0.0% on time, 100.0% cancelledMay ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)43%
  • Late-arriving aircraft32%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion23%
  • Extreme weather2%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DTW to LAX

485 Spirit Airlines flights tracked on this route; 7 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.