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Carrier month · October 2025
Spirit Airlines in October 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 October 2025, Spirit Airlines (NK) reported 14,128 scheduled domestic flights. 79.5% arrived on time, 1.1% were cancelled and 0.1% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 79.1% on time and 0.5% cancelled that month, so the carrier was level with the combined figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, it reported 21,176 flights with 83.4% on time: a change of −3.9 points.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 44%, air carrier 31% and late-arriving aircraft 24%.
- On time 79.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.3%
- Cancelled 1.1%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | NK, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 79.5% | 83.4% | 69.8% | 79.1% |
| Departed on time | 80.1% | 81.9% | 69.6% | 80.0% |
| Cancelled | 1.1% | 2.0% | 3.9% | 0.5% |
| Average arrival delay | 4.8 min | -1.5 min | 12.2 min | 5.6 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 471 | 706 | 321 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled flights | 14,128 | 21,176 | 117,136 | 605,844 |
62 airports and 483 routes had NK flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLL Fort Lauderdale | 1,798 | 78.0% | 3.2 min | 0.7% |
| MCO Orlando | 1,495 | 75.2% | 11.2 min | 0.9% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 1,061 | 89.7% | -6.0 min | 0.4% |
| DTW Detroit | 982 | 83.4% | 1.8 min | 0.9% |
| EWR Newark | 730 | 68.2% | 12.1 min | 2.5% |
| IAH Houston | 594 | 81.6% | 2.7 min | 0.5% |
| ATL Atlanta | 526 | 83.3% | 3.9 min | 0.6% |
| MSY New Orleans | 525 | 77.0% | 8.6 min | 0.8% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 478 | 82.4% | 1.5 min | 1.3% |
| DFW Dallas/Fort Worth | 452 | 80.1% | 5.0 min | 0.4% |
| LGA New York | 447 | 72.5% | 7.2 min | 2.9% |
| BNA Nashville | 411 | 78.1% | 10.2 min | 1.5% |
| ORD Chicago | 405 | 79.5% | 2.7 min | 1.0% |
| BWI Baltimore | 394 | 84.5% | -4.6 min | 1.0% |
| TPA Tampa | 355 | 78.3% | 8.1 min | 1.1% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Spirit Airlines flights were on time in October 2025?
79.5% of 14,128 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 79.1% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024 the carrier reported 21,176 flights with 83.4% on time and 2.0% cancelled, against 79.5% and 1.1% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.