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Spirit Airlines EWR to RDU on-time performance

Spirit Airlines nonstop flights from Newark to Raleigh/Durham · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
61%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
7.5%
15 flights
Avg arrival delay
29 min
72 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 3
route average 76% on time

Key facts

  • Spirit Airlines flights on EWR to RDU arrived on time 61% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 7.5% were cancelled, and 20% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (38%).

On-time trend by month

10%55%100%July 2025: 56.3% on time, 20.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 78.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 75.0% on time, 5.9% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 94.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 56.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 52.4% on time, 16.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 63.2% on time, 9.5% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 73.9% on time, 14.8% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 36.7% on time, 3.2% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 28.6% on time, 16.7% cancelledApr ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion38%
  • Late-arriving aircraft37%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)25%
  • Security0%
  • Extreme weather0%

Other airlines on EWR to RDU

200 Spirit Airlines flights tracked on this route; 15 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.