Spirit Airlines in October 2024

83.4%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 October 2024, Spirit Airlines (NK) reported 21,176 scheduled domestic flights. 83.4% arrived on time, 2.0% were cancelled and 0.1% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 85.8% on time and 1.0% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 2.4 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, it reported 23,294 flights with 79.7% on time: a change of +3.7 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 40%, air carrier 32% and late-arriving aircraft 28%.

On time 83.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.5%
Cancelled 2.0%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	NK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Oct 2024
Arrived on time	83.4%	79.7%	69.8%	85.8%
Departed on time	81.9%	77.2%	69.6%	85.5%
Cancelled	2.0%	1.6%	3.9%	1.0%
Average arrival delay	-1.5 min	3.1 min	12.2 min	-1.3 min
Scheduled flights a day	706	777	321	20,517
Scheduled flights	21,176	23,294	117,136	615,497

60 airports and 538 routes had NK flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LAS Las Vegas	2,474	83.9%	-0.6 min	0.4%
FLL Fort Lauderdale	2,081	81.8%	1.1 min	0.9%
MCO Orlando	1,614	84.2%	-6.9 min	7.7%
LAX Los Angeles	951	86.8%	-1.3 min	0.3%
EWR Newark	921	80.1%	0.7 min	1.3%
IAH Houston	876	87.9%	-5.7 min	1.0%
DTW Detroit	843	87.7%	-9.6 min	1.3%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	817	83.6%	0.0 min	1.0%
ATL Atlanta	773	79.9%	1.9 min	1.2%
LGA New York	690	90.9%	-13.4 min	1.0%
ORD Chicago	622	85.9%	-5.0 min	1.1%
BOS Boston	539	82.0%	-0.4 min	1.5%
MSY New Orleans	504	82.1%	0.6 min	2.2%
BWI Baltimore	498	87.3%	-6.6 min	1.8%
TPA Tampa	393	77.1%	0.6 min	11.5%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.5%	42.7%	61,910
Late-arriving aircraft	27.5%	37.4%	54,064
National Aviation System	39.8%	16.3%	78,265
Extreme weather	0.6%	3.4%	1,148
Security	0.6%	0.2%	1,201

196,588 delay minutes on 3,070 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 October 2024?

83.4% of 21,176 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 85.8% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023 the carrier reported 23,294 flights with 79.7% on time and 1.6% cancelled, against 83.4% and 2.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.