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Spirit Airlines

On-time performance, cancellations and route reliability, calculated from 635,598 flights.

Reliability

July 2023 – June 2026

Airline Reliability Score

54/ 100Fair

Better than 30% of US reporting carriers (15 compared)

Calculated from 635,598 flights. How this is calculated

On-time arrivals

75.5%

468,783 of 621,304

Cancellation rate

2.06%

13,092 cancelled

Median arrival delay

-6 min

Average 9.3 min

Severe delays

9.6%

60+ minutes late

Delay when late

71 min

Average, when 15+ min late

Departure punctuality

74.7%

Left the gate on time

Over the last 12 months Spirit Airlines arrived on time 73.1% of the time, against 77.8% in the 12 months before — declining by 4.7 percentage points.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – June 2026

Performance over time

What causes the delays

Share of total reported delay minutes by cause, as classified by the operating carrier.

National airspace system41%

Late-arriving aircraft28%

Carrier27%

Weather3%

Security1%

Source: US DOT BTS delay cause categories · July 2023 – June 2026 · Cause minutes are only reported for arrivals delayed 15 minutes or more.

Where this airline flies

Departure performance at the airports FlyerIntel covers.

Airport	Departures	On time	Cancelled	Median delay
FLL Fort Lauderdale	67,556	68.8%	1.97%	-1 min
MCO Orlando	61,767	72.0%	2.02%	-3 min
LAS Las Vegas	58,276	80.8%	1.07%	-7 min
DTW Detroit	30,207	79.6%	1.64%	-9 min
EWR Newark	27,925	74.2%	3.90%	-9 min
ATL Atlanta	26,429	72.0%	1.82%	-3 min
LAX Los Angeles	25,910	81.0%	1.25%	-8 min
DFW Dallas–Fort Worth	23,318	74.2%	1.55%	-3 min
IAH Houston	22,948	75.8%	2.05%	-6 min
ORD Chicago	20,572	71.2%	2.18%	-5 min
LGA New York	19,151	78.6%	3.37%	-12 min
BWI Baltimore	15,908	76.3%	1.90%	-7 min

Strongest airports

SNA (86.1%), MEM (82.5%), OAK (82.0%)

Weakest airports

FLL (68.8%), AUS (68.8%), BOS (69.8%)

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026

Route performance

Most reliable routes

SNA→OAKSanta Ana to Oakland89.6%LAS→MEMLas Vegas to Memphis87.5%OAK→SNAOakland to Santa Ana87.2%LAS→SNALas Vegas to Santa Ana87.1%OAK→LAXOakland to Los Angeles85.9%TPA→LASTampa to Las Vegas85.9%MKE→MCOMilwaukee to Orlando85.5%LAS→MCILas Vegas to Kansas City85.3%

Least reliable routes

BOS→SJUBoston to San Juan55.6%FLL→ATLFort Lauderdale to Atlanta59.5%FLL→CLEFort Lauderdale to Cleveland60.2%AUS→EWRAustin to Newark61.2%ATL→LASAtlanta to Las Vegas61.9%FLL→ORDFort Lauderdale to Chicago62.6%ORD→ATLChicago to Atlanta63.3%FLL→BOSFort Lauderdale to Boston64.4%

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Routes with fewer than 600 flights by this carrier are not ranked.

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