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Spirit Airlines ORD to LAX on-time performance

Spirit Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Los Angeles · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
73%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.3%
8 flights
Avg arrival delay
24 min
88 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 5
route average 73% on time

Key facts

  • Spirit Airlines flights on ORD to LAX arrived on time 73% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 4.3% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (45%).

On-time trend by month

0%50%100%July 2025: 79.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 80.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 87.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 66.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 72.4% on time, 9.4% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 57.7% on time, 13.3% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 20.0% on time, 16.7% cancelledJan ’26April 2026: 14.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft45%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)32%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion16%
  • Extreme weather7%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ORD to LAX

Full ORD to LAX comparison →
Spirit Airlines on-time record across all routes →

186 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.