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Spirit Airlines MSY to DFW on-time performance

Spirit Airlines nonstop flights from New Orleans to Dallas/Fort Worth · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
73%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.7%
8 flights
Avg arrival delay
22 min
81 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 5
route average 73% on time

Key facts

  • Spirit Airlines flights on MSY to DFW arrived on time 73% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 4.7% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (61%).

On-time trend by month

0%50%100%July 2025: 63.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 66.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 88.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 79.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 76.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25January 2026: 80.0% on time, 16.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 65.2% on time, 4.2% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 77.8% on time, 12.9% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 59.1% on time, 0.0% 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

  • Late-arriving aircraft61%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion29%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)9%
  • Security1%
  • Extreme weather0%

Other airlines on MSY to DFW

Full MSY to DFW comparison →
Spirit Airlines on-time record across all routes →

170 Spirit Airlines flights tracked on this route; 8 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.