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Carrier month · March 2024
Spirit Airlines in March 2024
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In March 2024, Spirit Airlines (NK) reported 22,885 scheduled domestic flights. 69.6% arrived on time, 1.7% were cancelled and 0.1% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 78.3% on time and 0.9% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 8.7 points below the combined figure.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 51%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and air carrier 22%.
- On time 69.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.5%
- Cancelled 1.7%
- Diverted 0.1%
March 2024 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Mar 2024 | Year earlier | NK, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 69.6% | — | 69.8% | 78.3% |
| Departed on time | 69.2% | — | 69.6% | 78.5% |
| Cancelled | 1.7% | — | 3.9% | 0.9% |
| Average arrival delay | 12.7 min | — | 12.2 min | 6.5 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 763 | — | 321 | 19,726 |
| Scheduled flights | 22,885 | — | 117,136 | 591,767 |
60 airports and 511 routes had NK flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCO Orlando | 2,488 | 62.9% | 18.9 min | 1.4% |
| FLL Fort Lauderdale | 2,346 | 59.9% | 21.0 min | 1.9% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 2,006 | 77.7% | 4.7 min | 1.8% |
| DTW Detroit | 938 | 75.5% | 5.5 min | 1.1% |
| ATL Atlanta | 884 | 72.3% | 10.3 min | 1.7% |
| EWR Newark | 855 | 74.2% | 8.3 min | 1.1% |
| DFW Dallas/Fort Worth | 828 | 63.3% | 19.0 min | 1.6% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 822 | 80.2% | 3.1 min | 0.6% |
| TPA Tampa | 767 | 70.5% | 15.0 min | 2.7% |
| IAH Houston | 719 | 73.0% | 10.6 min | 1.0% |
| ORD Chicago | 717 | 66.2% | 16.8 min | 1.1% |
| MIA Miami | 667 | 69.4% | 12.9 min | 1.8% |
| LGA New York | 652 | 77.9% | 1.6 min | 0.9% |
| BOS Boston | 491 | 69.2% | 7.9 min | 1.4% |
| RSW Fort Myers | 482 | 66.6% | 14.0 min | 3.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Spirit Airlines flights were on time in March 2024?
69.6% of 22,885 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 78.3% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
March 2023 is outside the 36 months on file, or the carrier did not report that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for Spirit Airlines · methodology · corrections.