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Spirit Airlines SAN to DTW on-time performance

Spirit Airlines nonstop flights from San Diego to Detroit · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
72%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.7%
1 flights
Avg arrival delay
14 min
45 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 85% on time

Key facts

  • Spirit Airlines flights on SAN to DTW arrived on time 72% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.7% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 85% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (76%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 70.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 72.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 68.8% on time, 5.9% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion76%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)15%
  • Late-arriving aircraft9%
  • Extreme weather0%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on SAN to DTW

37 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.