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Carrier month · March 2025
Spirit Airlines in March 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 March 2025, Spirit Airlines (NK) reported 19,828 scheduled domestic flights. 80.1% arrived on time, 1.1% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 79.3% on time and 1.2% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 0.8 points above the combined figure.
A year earlier, in March 2024, it reported 22,885 flights with 69.6% on time: a change of +10.5 points.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 51%, air carrier 24% and late-arriving aircraft 21%.
- On time 80.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.6%
- Cancelled 1.1%
- Diverted 0.2%
March 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | NK, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 80.1% | 69.6% | 69.8% | 79.3% |
| Departed on time | 79.8% | 69.2% | 69.6% | 79.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.1% | 1.7% | 3.9% | 1.2% |
| Average arrival delay | 3.9 min | 12.7 min | 12.2 min | 5.5 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 661 | 763 | 321 | 20,029 |
| Scheduled flights | 19,828 | 22,885 | 117,136 | 600,872 |
60 airports and 516 routes had NK flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLL Fort Lauderdale | 2,216 | 76.5% | 8.6 min | 0.9% |
| MCO Orlando | 1,848 | 78.6% | 7.6 min | 1.2% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 1,486 | 88.1% | -4.3 min | 0.5% |
| DTW Detroit | 1,149 | 82.9% | -2.3 min | 1.1% |
| ATL Atlanta | 843 | 75.3% | 8.2 min | 0.7% |
| EWR Newark | 835 | 81.6% | -2.4 min | 1.3% |
| IAH Houston | 756 | 78.0% | 5.4 min | 0.9% |
| DFW Dallas/Fort Worth | 720 | 81.7% | 1.7 min | 0.4% |
| ORD Chicago | 719 | 75.5% | 5.9 min | 1.1% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 670 | 87.9% | -3.5 min | 0.4% |
| MSY New Orleans | 650 | 78.8% | 10.1 min | 1.1% |
| LGA New York | 627 | 81.3% | -1.6 min | 1.0% |
| TPA Tampa | 574 | 73.5% | 12.8 min | 2.8% |
| MIA Miami | 526 | 70.7% | 15.6 min | 1.1% |
| BOS Boston | 506 | 78.7% | 0.2 min | 1.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Spirit Airlines flights were on time in March 2025?
80.1% of 19,828 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 79.3% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2024 the carrier reported 22,885 flights with 69.6% on time and 1.7% cancelled, against 80.1% and 1.1% in March 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.