Flight Reliability
NK 278 · Spirit Airlines
Tampa → New Orleans (TPA–MSY)
100
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 94%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 5 min early
- Average arrival delay
- 0%
- Cancelled
- 9 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 32 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Better than the TPA–MSY route average.
NK 278 arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 80% across the TPA–MSY route.
Well ahead of the Spirit Airlines network.
NK 278 arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 74% across the Spirit Airlines network.
The breakdown
- Mon—(5 flights)
- Tue—(5 flights)
- Wed—(5 flights)
- Thu—(4 flights)
- Fri—(4 flights)
- Sat—(4 flights)
- Sun—(5 flights)
- 6–9 AM93%(14 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM94%(18 flights)
- Departures on time
- 94%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 32
- Months covered
- 2
Same route, other flights
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Based on 32 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.