Spirit Airlines EWR to ORD on-time performance
Spirit Airlines nonstop flights from Newark to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
52%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
16.8%
25 flights
Avg arrival delay
51 min
102 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 5
route average 72% on time
Key facts
- Spirit Airlines flights on EWR to ORD arrived on time 52% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 16.8% were cancelled, and 28% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #5 of 5 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
Why this airline's flights were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion44%
- Late-arriving aircraft29%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)27%
- Extreme weather0%
- Security0%
Other airlines on EWR to ORD
- United Airlines71% on time · 24 min avg delay
- American Airlines78% on time · 27 min avg delay
- Envoy Air73% on time · 25 min avg delay
- Republic Airways53% on time · 40 min avg delay
Full EWR to ORD comparison →
Spirit Airlines on-time record across all routes →
149 Spirit Airlines flights tracked on this route; 25 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.