Spirit Airlines DTW to MSY on-time performance
Spirit Airlines nonstop flights from Detroit to New Orleans · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
83%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.6%
1 flights
Avg arrival delay
13 min
71 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 3
route average 85% on time
Key facts
- Spirit Airlines flights on DTW to MSY arrived on time 83% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.6% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #3 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 85% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (35%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft35%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)33%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion33%
- Extreme weather0%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DTW to MSY
- Delta Air Lines85% on time · 9 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines96% on time · 4 min avg delay
Full DTW to MSY comparison →
Spirit Airlines on-time record across all routes →
160 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.