Spirit Airlines MSY to ORD on-time performance
Spirit Airlines nonstop flights from New Orleans to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
72%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
6.8%
14 flights
Avg arrival delay
21 min
69 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 7
route average 78% on time
Key facts
- Spirit Airlines flights on MSY to ORD arrived on time 72% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 6.8% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #5 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 78% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (55%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion55%
- Late-arriving aircraft29%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)12%
- Security2%
- Extreme weather1%
Other airlines on MSY to ORD
- United Airlines83% on time · 14 min avg delay
- Envoy Air82% on time · 13 min avg delay
- American Airlines70% on time · 40 min avg delay
- Republic Airways79% on time · 16 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines72% on time · 19 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines64% on time · 25 min avg delay
Full MSY to ORD comparison →
Spirit Airlines on-time record across all routes →
205 Spirit Airlines flights tracked on this route; 14 cancelled, 1 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.