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Spirit Airlines TPA to DTW on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.5%
21 flights
Avg arrival delay
14 min
60 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 81% on time

Key facts

  • Spirit Airlines flights on TPA to DTW arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 4.5% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 81% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (47%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 81.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 80.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 93.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 81.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 88.9% on time, 6.9% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 78.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 75.5% on time, 5.4% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 72.0% on time, 10.7% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 75.4% on time, 14.1% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 65.1% on time, 0.0% 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

  • Late-arriving aircraft47%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion29%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)23%
  • Extreme weather1%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on TPA to DTW

Full TPA to DTW comparison →
Spirit Airlines on-time record across all routes →

462 Spirit Airlines flights tracked on this route; 21 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.