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Carrier month · July 2025

Spirit Airlines in July 2025

73.4%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 July 2025, Spirit Airlines (NK) reported 17,307 scheduled domestic flights. 73.4% arrived on time, 1.9% were cancelled and 0.3% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 69.0% on time and 2.5% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 4.4 points above the combined figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, it reported 24,769 flights with 61.1% on time: a change of +12.3 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 49%, air carrier 23% and late-arriving aircraft 23%.

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

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

MeasureJul 2025Jul 2024NK, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, Jul 2025
Arrived on time73.4%61.1%69.8%69.0%
Departed on time73.8%60.2%69.6%69.7%
Cancelled1.9%5.2%3.9%2.5%
Average arrival delay10.9 min21.5 min12.2 min17.3 min
Scheduled flights a day57782632121,048
Scheduled flights17,30724,769117,136631,428

62 airports and 599 routes had NK flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
FLL Fort Lauderdale1,73476.5%7.6 min1.3%
MCO Orlando1,63368.3%14.3 min1.2%
LAS Las Vegas1,47677.5%7.1 min1.1%
DTW Detroit1,18080.3%4.3 min1.3%
EWR Newark74366.4%17.5 min6.5%
ATL Atlanta71769.7%14.9 min1.0%
IAH Houston66671.6%15.8 min2.3%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth66268.4%18.6 min0.8%
LAX Los Angeles61681.5%6.5 min1.1%
BWI Baltimore52969.6%17.5 min3.0%
ORD Chicago51968.0%14.5 min1.5%
LGA New York45271.7%11.0 min6.0%
TPA Tampa40574.3%10.7 min1.0%
MYR Myrtle Beach38270.4%17.9 min2.6%
SJU San Juan36280.1%-3.6 min1.4%

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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, Jul 2025Minutes
Air carrier23.2%31.1%76,716
Late-arriving aircraft23.1%40.8%76,338
National Aviation System48.7%20.7%160,830
Extreme weather4.6%7.3%15,239
Security0.3%0.1%908
330,031 delay minutes on 4,213 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

What share of Spirit Airlines flights were on time in July 2025?

73.4% of 17,307 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 69.0% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024 the carrier reported 24,769 flights with 61.1% on time and 5.2% cancelled, against 73.4% and 1.9% in July 2025.

Provenance

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