Flight Reliability
NK 1697 · Spirit Airlines
Dallas–Fort Worth → Orlando (DFW–MCO)
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WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 46%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 54 min
- Average arrival delay
- 5.7%
- Cancelled
- 20 min
- Median arrival delay
Based on 35 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
12–3 PM has a slight edge.
Departures between 12–3 PM arrived on time 50% of the time, against 44% between 3–6 PM.
Well behind the DFW–MCO route.
NK 1697 arrived on time 46% of the time, versus 65% across the DFW–MCO route.
Well behind the Spirit Airlines network.
NK 1697 arrived on time 46% of the time, versus 74% across the Spirit Airlines network.
The breakdown
- Mon—(4 flights)
- Tue—(5 flights)
- Wed—(5 flights)
- Thu—(4 flights)
- Fri—(5 flights)
- Sat—(5 flights)
- Sun—(5 flights)
- 12–3 PM50%(10 flights)
- 3–6 PM44%(23 flights)
- Departures on time
- 58%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 33
- Months covered
- 2
Same route, other flights
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Based on 35 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.