Spirit Airlines PHL to DTW on-time performance
Spirit Airlines nonstop flights from Philadelphia to Detroit · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
89%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.9%
1 flights
Avg arrival delay
14 min
128 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 7
route average 80% on time
Key facts
- Spirit Airlines flights on PHL to DTW arrived on time 89% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.9% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 80% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (38%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)38%
- Late-arriving aircraft37%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion25%
- Extreme weather0%
- Security0%
Other airlines on PHL to DTW
- Delta Air Lines83% on time · 18 min avg delay
- PSA Airlines75% on time · 20 min avg delay
- American Airlines81% on time · 12 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines72% on time · 17 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines67% on time · 74 min avg delay
- Republic Airways84% on time · 14 min avg delay
Full PHL to DTW comparison →
Spirit Airlines on-time record across all routes →
110 Spirit Airlines flights tracked on this route; 1 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.