Spirit Airlines in May 2024

71.9%arrived on time

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 May 2024, Spirit Airlines (NK) reported 23,298 scheduled domestic flights. 71.9% arrived on time, 1.1% were cancelled and 0.4% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 72.3% on time and 1.4% cancelled that month, so the carrier was level with the combined figure.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 46%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and air carrier 24%.

On time 71.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.6%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by Spirit Airlines in May 2024.

May 2024 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	NK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, May 2024
Arrived on time	71.9%	—	69.8%	72.3%
Departed on time	71.7%	—	69.6%	73.4%
Cancelled	1.1%	—	3.9%	1.4%
Average arrival delay	13.1 min	—	12.2 min	14.0 min
Scheduled flights a day	777	—	321	20,325
Scheduled flights	23,298	—	117,136	609,743

60 airports and 534 routes had NK flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FLL Fort Lauderdale	2,292	63.3%	20.3 min	0.8%
LAS Las Vegas	2,286	80.5%	2.5 min	0.4%
MCO Orlando	2,183	68.8%	15.9 min	0.9%
LAX Los Angeles	997	80.9%	4.2 min	0.3%
EWR Newark	964	72.3%	10.9 min	1.6%
DTW Detroit	942	78.8%	4.1 min	1.0%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	900	59.8%	31.2 min	2.1%
ATL Atlanta	880	65.1%	20.9 min	0.8%
IAH Houston	850	62.4%	26.4 min	1.6%
ORD Chicago	750	59.7%	26.6 min	1.7%
LGA New York	709	70.7%	12.3 min	2.4%
BWI Baltimore	664	72.9%	11.5 min	0.9%
BOS Boston	605	67.9%	12.6 min	2.6%
MYR Myrtle Beach	594	77.1%	9.3 min	0.7%
MIA Miami	517	70.4%	16.3 min	1.7%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of NK flights that arrived on time, by scheduled departure hour (local time at each origin), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	24.3%	29.8%	113,287
Late-arriving aircraft	26.5%	43.0%	123,397
National Aviation System	46.2%	20.1%	215,247
Extreme weather	2.6%	7.0%	12,124
Security	0.4%	0.1%	1,948

466,003 delay minutes on 6,207 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

What share of Spirit Airlines flights were on time in May 2024?

71.9% of 23,298 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 72.3% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.