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Carrier month · April 2024
Spirit Airlines in April 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 April 2024, Spirit Airlines (NK) reported 21,998 scheduled domestic flights. 81.4% arrived on time, 1.1% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 80.2% on time and 0.7% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 1.2 points above the combined figure.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 45%, air carrier 26% and late-arriving aircraft 26%.
- On time 81.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.4%
- Cancelled 1.1%
- Diverted 0.2%
April 2024 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Apr 2024 | Year earlier | NK, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 81.4% | — | 69.8% | 80.2% |
| Departed on time | 80.3% | — | 69.6% | 80.5% |
| Cancelled | 1.1% | — | 3.9% | 0.7% |
| Average arrival delay | 2.0 min | — | 12.2 min | 5.4 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 733 | — | 321 | 19,406 |
| Scheduled flights | 21,998 | — | 117,136 | 582,185 |
60 airports and 543 routes had NK flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLL Fort Lauderdale | 2,259 | 74.7% | 8.4 min | 0.9% |
| MCO Orlando | 2,240 | 78.0% | 5.3 min | 1.5% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 1,978 | 87.8% | -3.3 min | 0.2% |
| DTW Detroit | 931 | 87.9% | -7.7 min | 1.5% |
| EWR Newark | 885 | 80.0% | 0.7 min | 1.4% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 852 | 88.1% | -4.5 min | 0.2% |
| ATL Atlanta | 838 | 80.3% | 3.5 min | 0.2% |
| DFW Dallas/Fort Worth | 754 | 77.5% | 5.8 min | 1.1% |
| LGA New York | 690 | 81.6% | -0.2 min | 1.7% |
| IAH Houston | 681 | 79.7% | 3.9 min | 0.3% |
| ORD Chicago | 681 | 79.7% | 3.0 min | 0.4% |
| BOS Boston | 648 | 71.1% | 10.5 min | 2.6% |
| MIA Miami | 594 | 84.0% | 0.8 min | 0.8% |
| TPA Tampa | 547 | 85.4% | -0.1 min | 2.4% |
| BWI Baltimore | 535 | 82.6% | 0.3 min | 0.9% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Spirit Airlines flights were on time in April 2024?
81.4% of 21,998 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 80.2% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
April 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 April 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.