Spirit Airlines in November 2024

85.4%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 November 2024, Spirit Airlines (NK) reported 19,459 scheduled domestic flights. 85.4% arrived on time, 0.3% were cancelled and 0.1% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 84.8% on time and 0.5% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 0.6 points above the combined figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, it reported 23,164 flights with 75.6% on time: a change of +9.8 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 44%, air carrier 30% and late-arriving aircraft 25%.

On time 85.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.3%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	NK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Nov 2024
Arrived on time	85.4%	75.6%	69.8%	84.8%
Departed on time	84.4%	73.9%	69.6%	85.2%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.4%	3.9%	0.5%
Average arrival delay	-2.2 min	8.0 min	12.2 min	-0.3 min
Scheduled flights a day	649	772	321	19,180
Scheduled flights	19,459	23,164	117,136	575,404

60 airports and 513 routes had NK flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LAS Las Vegas	2,065	89.8%	-6.4 min	0.1%
FLL Fort Lauderdale	1,960	85.2%	-1.8 min	0.1%
MCO Orlando	1,606	88.5%	-4.7 min	0.2%
LAX Los Angeles	896	88.4%	-6.4 min	0.1%
EWR Newark	843	76.7%	1.5 min	0.9%
IAH Houston	840	87.9%	-1.6 min	0.0%
ATL Atlanta	839	72.0%	15.0 min	0.2%
DTW Detroit	805	87.1%	-6.2 min	0.0%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	777	76.8%	5.4 min	1.2%
LGA New York	656	90.7%	-9.6 min	0.2%
ORD Chicago	593	81.8%	0.9 min	0.0%
BWI Baltimore	533	83.1%	0.9 min	0.0%
MSY New Orleans	483	83.4%	0.6 min	0.6%
BOS Boston	465	85.6%	-8.0 min	0.0%
TPA Tampa	439	90.0%	-3.0 min	0.0%

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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.1%	36.9%	52,016
Late-arriving aircraft	25.3%	35.6%	43,703
National Aviation System	43.5%	21.9%	75,263
Extreme weather	0.9%	5.4%	1,564
Security	0.2%	0.2%	351

172,897 delay minutes on 2,775 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 November 2024?

85.4% of 19,459 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 84.8% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023 the carrier reported 23,164 flights with 75.6% on time and 0.4% cancelled, against 85.4% and 0.3% in November 2024.

Provenance

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