Flight Reliability
NK 480 · Spirit Airlines
Los Angeles → Houston (LAX–IAH)88% of its flights flew this route. The rest (FLL–RIC) are included in these numbers.
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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 64%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 42 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0%
- Cancelled
- 11 min
- Median arrival delay
Based on 33 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
The late departure is the smart one here.
NK 480 departing between 9 PM–12 AM arrived on time 67% of the time, versus 59% between 12–3 AM.
Well behind the LAX–IAH route.
NK 480 arrived on time 64% of the time, versus 85% across the LAX–IAH route.
Lagging the Spirit Airlines network.
NK 480 arrived on time 64% of the time, versus 74% across the Spirit Airlines network.
The breakdown
- Mon—(6 flights)
- Tue—(5 flights)
- Wed—(4 flights)
- Thu—(4 flights)
- Fri—(4 flights)
- Sat—(4 flights)
- Sun—(6 flights)
- 12–3 AM59%(17 flights)
- 3–6 PM—(4 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM67%(12 flights)
- Departures on time
- 70%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 33
- Months covered
- 3
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 33 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.