LGA → DTW Spirit Airlines

Spirit Airlines · New York, NY to Detroit, MI · 998 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-05-01 · aggregated across 31 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -9 min, while the worst 10% run +80 min or later.
On-time arrival
76%
Median delay
-9 min
90th percentile
+80 min
Cancellation rate
7%

How on-time is Spirit Airlines from LGA to DTW?

Across every Spirit Airlines flight number on LGA → DTW (998 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-05-01), 76% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -9 min; the worst 10% ran +80 min or later. 7% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time70076%
16-30 min516%
31-60 min505%
61-120 min627%
2+ hrs617%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-078280%+4 min
2025-088298%-22 min
2025-098687%+2 min
2025-109375%+18 min
2025-1111274%+17 min
2025-1211364%+20 min
2026-0110488%-2 min
2026-028973%+16 min
2026-037748%+50 min
2026-048371%+16 min
2026-05367%+7 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon12077%
Tue13873%
Wed12882%
Thu14076%
Fri14074%
Sat13680%
Sun12268%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…