Spirit Airlines EWR to DTW on-time performance
Spirit Airlines nonstop flights from Newark to Detroit · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
68%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
7.9%
39 flights
Avg arrival delay
24 min
73 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 4
route average 80% on time
Key facts
- Spirit Airlines flights on EWR to DTW arrived on time 68% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 7.9% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 80% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (62%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion62%
- Late-arriving aircraft23%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)14%
- Security1%
- Extreme weather0%
Other airlines on EWR to DTW
- Delta Air Lines80% on time · 22 min avg delay
- Republic Airways84% on time · 12 min avg delay
- United Airlines79% on time · 11 min avg delay
Full EWR to DTW comparison →
Spirit Airlines on-time record across all routes →
495 Spirit Airlines flights tracked on this route; 39 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.