Spirit Airlines in March 2026

48.4%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 March 2026, Spirit Airlines (NK) reported 12,952 scheduled domestic flights. 48.4% arrived on time, 10.4% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 73.2% on time and 2.9% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 24.8 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, it reported 19,828 flights with 80.1% on time: a change of −31.7 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 35%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and air carrier 31%.

On time 48.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 40.9%
Cancelled 10.4%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by Spirit Airlines in March 2026.

March 2026 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	NK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Mar 2026
Arrived on time	48.4%	80.1%	69.8%	73.2%
Departed on time	49.5%	79.8%	69.6%	72.8%
Cancelled	10.4%	1.1%	3.9%	2.9%
Average arrival delay	32.4 min	3.9 min	12.2 min	10.6 min
Scheduled flights a day	432	661	321	20,403
Scheduled flights	12,952	19,828	117,136	612,102

46 airports and 274 routes had NK flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FLL Fort Lauderdale	2,190	37.4%	46.0 min	10.4%
MCO Orlando	1,553	46.0%	30.3 min	10.0%
EWR Newark	847	50.6%	28.7 min	10.4%
DTW Detroit	775	56.9%	22.8 min	8.5%
LGA New York	516	43.8%	39.6 min	16.5%
LAS Las Vegas	514	74.7%	15.3 min	4.7%
ORD Chicago	509	35.8%	47.1 min	12.4%
IAH Houston	477	53.9%	30.6 min	8.4%
ATL Atlanta	470	42.6%	39.8 min	12.1%
MIA Miami	427	43.1%	38.6 min	11.2%
SJU San Juan	420	50.5%	25.5 min	10.0%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	413	51.8%	29.3 min	8.2%
TPA Tampa	287	47.4%	38.7 min	9.4%
BOS Boston	274	40.1%	39.1 min	10.9%
CLT Charlotte	269	60.2%	15.1 min	10.8%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	31.3%	33.5%	133,621
Late-arriving aircraft	32.3%	39.3%	138,176
National Aviation System	34.9%	21.0%	149,308
Extreme weather	1.2%	5.9%	4,964
Security	0.3%	0.2%	1,152

427,221 delay minutes on 5,303 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 March 2026?

48.4% of 12,952 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 73.2% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025 the carrier reported 19,828 flights with 80.1% on time and 1.1% cancelled, against 48.4% and 10.4% in March 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2026; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for Spirit Airlines · methodology · corrections.