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Spirit Airlines ORD to MSY on-time performance

Spirit Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to New Orleans · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
70%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
6.3%
13 flights
Avg arrival delay
25 min
82 min when late
Rank on route
#6 of 7
route average 75% on time

Key facts

  • Spirit Airlines flights on ORD to MSY arrived on time 70% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 6.3% were cancelled, and 16% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #6 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (37%).

On-time trend by month

0%50%100%July 2025: 10.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 80.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 73.9% on time, 8.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 0.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 59.1% on time, 8.3% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 59.3% on time, 3.6% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 32.0% on time, 19.4% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 57.1% on time, 8.7% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 100.0% 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

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion37%
  • Late-arriving aircraft32%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)30%
  • Extreme weather1%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ORD to MSY

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

206 Spirit Airlines flights tracked on this route; 13 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.