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Carrier month · July 2024

Spirit Airlines in July 2024

61.1%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 July 2024, Spirit Airlines (NK) reported 24,769 scheduled domestic flights. 61.1% arrived on time, 5.2% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 68.1% on time and 2.9% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 7.0 points below the combined figure.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 36%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and air carrier 30%.

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

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

MeasureJul 2024Year earlierNK, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, Jul 2024
Arrived on time61.1%—69.8%68.1%
Departed on time60.2%—69.6%68.5%
Cancelled5.2%—3.9%2.9%
Average arrival delay21.5 min—12.2 min18.1 min
Scheduled flights a day826—32121,154
Scheduled flights24,769—117,136634,613

59 airports and 568 routes had NK flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
LAS Las Vegas2,56958.0%24.6 min4.4%
FLL Fort Lauderdale2,24155.8%25.9 min3.2%
MCO Orlando1,83465.2%19.2 min2.9%
LAX Los Angeles1,17065.4%17.4 min5.4%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth1,05261.1%22.9 min2.9%
IAH Houston99747.8%34.3 min11.3%
EWR Newark96961.6%20.0 min8.6%
DTW Detroit93270.8%11.1 min3.4%
ATL Atlanta89254.6%32.2 min4.1%
ORD Chicago87853.0%31.8 min5.8%
BOS Boston74153.6%25.3 min8.5%
BWI Baltimore73559.9%26.3 min4.4%
LGA New York71366.9%14.7 min6.0%
MYR Myrtle Beach53366.0%12.3 min6.4%
SJU San Juan48769.2%10.5 min4.9%

By scheduled departure hour

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, Jul 2024Minutes
Air carrier30.2%36.6%197,467
Late-arriving aircraft30.9%42.7%202,551
National Aviation System35.6%16.0%233,153
Extreme weather2.9%4.6%19,283
Security0.4%0.1%2,381
654,835 delay minutes on 8,309 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

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

61.1% of 24,769 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 68.1% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.