Flight Reliability
NK 173 · Spirit Airlines
Fort Lauderdale → Detroit (FLL–DTW)
23
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WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 38%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 34 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.9%
- Cancelled
- 24 min
- Median arrival delay
Based on 35 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Well behind the FLL–DTW route.
NK 173 arrived on time 38% of the time, versus 74% across the FLL–DTW route.
Well behind the Spirit Airlines network.
NK 173 arrived on time 38% of the time, versus 74% across the Spirit Airlines network.
The breakdown
- Mon—(5 flights)
- Tue—(5 flights)
- Wed—(4 flights)
- Thu—(5 flights)
- Fri—(5 flights)
- Sat—(5 flights)
- Sun—(5 flights)
- 3–6 PM44%(25 flights)
- 6–9 PM—(9 flights)
- Departures on time
- 35%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 34
- Months covered
- 2
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
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.