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Spirit Airlines FLL to DTW on-time performance

Spirit Airlines nonstop flights from Fort Lauderdale to Detroit · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
61%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.9%
21 flights
Avg arrival delay
31 min
76 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 73% on time

Key facts

  • Spirit Airlines flights on FLL to DTW arrived on time 61% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.9% were cancelled, and 18% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (48%).

On-time trend by month

0%50%100%July 2025: 72.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 80.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 82.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 77.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 83.3% on time, 1.6% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 55.3% on time, 2.3% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 57.6% on time, 2.3% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 54.4% on time, 4.3% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 35.9% on time, 8.8% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 42.0% on time, 2.8% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 0.0% 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

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)48%
  • Late-arriving aircraft28%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion23%
  • Extreme weather1%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on FLL to DTW

Full FLL to DTW comparison →
Spirit Airlines on-time record across all routes →

728 Spirit Airlines flights tracked on this route; 21 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.