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Carrier month · January 2025
Spirit Airlines in January 2025
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 January 2025, Spirit Airlines (NK) reported 17,544 scheduled domestic flights. 79.1% arrived on time, 3.3% were cancelled and 0.1% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 78.6% on time and 3.0% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 0.5 points above the combined figure.
A year earlier, in January 2024, it reported 20,415 flights with 72.5% on time: a change of +6.6 points.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 42%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and air carrier 28%.
- On time 79.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.5%
- Cancelled 3.3%
- Diverted 0.1%
January 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Jan 2025 | Jan 2024 | NK, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 79.1% | 72.5% | 69.8% | 78.6% |
| Departed on time | 79.2% | 72.9% | 69.6% | 79.3% |
| Cancelled | 3.3% | 1.5% | 3.9% | 3.0% |
| Average arrival delay | 0.6 min | 9.7 min | 12.2 min | 3.8 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 585 | 681 | 321 | 17,992 |
| Scheduled flights | 17,544 | 20,415 | 117,136 | 539,747 |
60 airports and 433 routes had NK flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLL Fort Lauderdale | 2,093 | 73.5% | 5.6 min | 2.7% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 1,633 | 87.4% | -8.5 min | 1.6% |
| MCO Orlando | 1,485 | 84.8% | -3.4 min | 2.6% |
| DTW Detroit | 835 | 76.5% | 1.0 min | 1.8% |
| EWR Newark | 804 | 79.1% | -0.5 min | 3.6% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 792 | 81.2% | -3.0 min | 3.4% |
| IAH Houston | 731 | 77.7% | 1.2 min | 5.1% |
| ATL Atlanta | 700 | 68.1% | 8.1 min | 8.4% |
| LGA New York | 666 | 79.7% | -0.7 min | 3.2% |
| DFW Dallas/Fort Worth | 649 | 76.7% | 3.9 min | 5.1% |
| ORD Chicago | 584 | 77.4% | 2.3 min | 1.0% |
| MSY New Orleans | 497 | 78.7% | 0.7 min | 8.0% |
| BWI Baltimore | 465 | 73.8% | 2.9 min | 6.7% |
| BOS Boston | 443 | 79.0% | -0.7 min | 3.6% |
| MIA Miami | 382 | 72.0% | 9.2 min | 2.1% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Spirit Airlines flights were on time in January 2025?
79.1% of 17,544 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 78.6% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2024 the carrier reported 20,415 flights with 72.5% on time and 1.5% cancelled, against 79.1% and 3.3% in January 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for Spirit Airlines · methodology · corrections.