TPA → ORD Spirit Airlines

Spirit Airlines · Tampa, FL to Chicago, IL · 281 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-05-01 · aggregated across 9 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 95% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 45% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
70%
Median delay
-2 min
90th percentile
+94 min
Cancellation rate
3%

How on-time is Spirit Airlines from TPA to ORD?

Across every Spirit Airlines flight number on TPA → ORD (281 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-05-01), 70% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -2 min; the worst 10% ran +94 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time19070%
16-30 min187%
31-60 min2710%
61-120 min176%
2+ hrs207%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073168%+23 min
2025-083093%-13 min
2025-093097%-16 min
2025-102793%-1 min
2025-111681%+12 min
2025-122868%+9 min
2026-012861%+32 min
2026-022846%+42 min
2026-032635%+80 min
2026-042759%+26 min
2026-0510%+51 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon4260%
Tue3773%
Wed3876%
Thu3982%
Fri4073%
Sat3770%
Sun3956%

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