Spirit Airlines in April 2026

63.0%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 April 2026, Spirit Airlines (NK) reported 10,469 scheduled domestic flights. 63.0% arrived on time, 3.4% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 78.9% on time and 0.9% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 15.9 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, it reported 18,303 flights with 82.5% on time: a change of −19.5 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 36%, air carrier 33% and late-arriving aircraft 29%.

On time 63.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 33.4%
Cancelled 3.4%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	NK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Apr 2026
Arrived on time	63.0%	82.5%	69.8%	78.9%
Departed on time	65.4%	82.5%	69.6%	79.1%
Cancelled	3.4%	0.4%	3.9%	0.9%
Average arrival delay	19.1 min	2.4 min	12.2 min	4.8 min
Scheduled flights a day	349	610	321	19,931
Scheduled flights	10,469	18,303	117,136	597,919

46 airports and 309 routes had NK flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FLL Fort Lauderdale	1,638	55.8%	24.5 min	3.7%
MCO Orlando	1,303	64.0%	16.4 min	2.1%
EWR Newark	660	63.5%	17.5 min	5.9%
DTW Detroit	575	62.1%	23.7 min	1.4%
ATL Atlanta	426	61.3%	22.4 min	2.8%
ORD Chicago	423	45.6%	39.6 min	5.7%
LAS Las Vegas	412	80.8%	4.9 min	2.7%
LGA New York	404	66.8%	16.2 min	1.7%
IAH Houston	397	64.2%	15.7 min	4.8%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	365	68.8%	13.4 min	1.6%
MIA Miami	342	60.2%	22.4 min	2.9%
SJU San Juan	329	61.7%	16.9 min	4.3%
BOS Boston	307	56.4%	27.3 min	1.6%
CLT Charlotte	256	69.5%	10.8 min	1.6%
TPA Tampa	220	65.5%	18.0 min	3.6%

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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	32.7%	33.5%	79,118
Late-arriving aircraft	29.3%	40.4%	70,900
National Aviation System	36.4%	21.0%	88,077
Extreme weather	1.3%	5.0%	3,246
Security	0.2%	0.1%	419

241,760 delay minutes on 3,498 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 April 2026?

63.0% of 10,469 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 78.9% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025 the carrier reported 18,303 flights with 82.5% on time and 0.4% cancelled, against 63.0% and 3.4% in April 2026.

Provenance

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