Spirit Airlines in February 2025

80.4%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 February 2025, Spirit Airlines (NK) reported 16,232 scheduled domestic flights. 80.4% arrived on time, 1.1% were cancelled and 0.1% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 77.9% on time and 1.5% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 2.5 points above the combined figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, it reported 19,929 flights with 77.8% on time: a change of +2.6 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 54%, air carrier 23% and late-arriving aircraft 22%.

On time 80.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.4%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by Spirit Airlines in February 2025.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	NK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Feb 2025
Arrived on time	80.4%	77.8%	69.8%	77.9%
Departed on time	81.3%	76.8%	69.6%	79.2%
Cancelled	1.1%	0.7%	3.9%	1.5%
Average arrival delay	2.4 min	4.9 min	12.2 min	5.7 min
Scheduled flights a day	541	664	321	16,830
Scheduled flights	16,232	19,929	117,136	504,884

60 airports and 436 routes had NK flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FLL Fort Lauderdale	1,869	82.3%	0.7 min	0.5%
LAS Las Vegas	1,583	86.7%	-5.8 min	1.2%
MCO Orlando	1,445	81.7%	3.1 min	1.0%
DTW Detroit	893	70.2%	11.4 min	1.1%
EWR Newark	717	77.5%	2.1 min	1.8%
ATL Atlanta	653	76.1%	9.6 min	0.3%
MSY New Orleans	611	76.8%	6.8 min	0.2%
LAX Los Angeles	609	87.8%	-5.2 min	1.0%
LGA New York	595	79.3%	4.4 min	2.4%
IAH Houston	561	82.9%	-0.2 min	0.2%
BOS Boston	526	71.7%	13.4 min	2.3%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	515	81.7%	4.9 min	0.2%
ORD Chicago	463	77.1%	4.2 min	0.6%
MIA Miami	402	74.9%	7.8 min	2.7%
BWI Baltimore	384	79.2%	4.5 min	1.0%

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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	22.9%	33.9%	48,618
Late-arriving aircraft	21.5%	36.9%	45,516
National Aviation System	54.2%	22.5%	114,943
Extreme weather	1.2%	6.6%	2,469
Security	0.2%	0.1%	494

212,040 delay minutes on 2,993 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 February 2025?

80.4% of 16,232 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 77.9% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024 the carrier reported 19,929 flights with 77.8% on time and 0.7% cancelled, against 80.4% and 1.1% in February 2025.

Provenance

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