Spirit Airlines DTW to PHL on-time performance
Spirit Airlines nonstop flights from Detroit to Philadelphia · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
80%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.0%
0 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
82 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 7
route average 79% on time
Key facts
- Spirit Airlines flights on DTW to PHL arrived on time 80% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #3 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 79% 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%
- Late-arriving aircraft36%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)22%
- Extreme weather0%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DTW to PHL
- Delta Air Lines80% on time · 16 min avg delay
- PSA Airlines78% on time · 22 min avg delay
- American Airlines80% on time · 31 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines58% on time · 45 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines62% on time · 36 min avg delay
- Republic Airways95% on time · 4 min avg delay
Full DTW to PHL comparison →
Spirit Airlines on-time record across all routes →
109 Spirit Airlines flights tracked on this route; 0 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.