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Spirit Airlines EWR to LAX on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
65%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
7.0%
20 flights
Avg arrival delay
32 min
88 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 4
route average 72% on time

Key facts

  • Spirit Airlines flights on EWR to LAX arrived on time 65% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 7% were cancelled, and 17% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (44%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 83.3% on time, 3.2% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 79.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 75.9% on time, 3.3% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 53.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 48.0% on time, 10.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 61.5% on time, 6.8% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 73.5% on time, 8.1% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 65.2% on time, 17.9% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 59.3% on time, 12.9% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 58.3% on time, 4.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion44%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)28%
  • Late-arriving aircraft26%
  • Security1%
  • Extreme weather0%

Other airlines on EWR to LAX

Full EWR to LAX comparison →
Spirit Airlines on-time record across all routes →

286 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.