NK1986: Chicago to Fort Lauderdale
Spirit Airlines flight NK1986 flies from Chicago O'Hare (ORD) to Fort Lauderdale Hollywood (FLL), 1,905 km. Over August 2025 to May 2026 it usually arrives about 16 minutes late: 68% of 159 flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule and 5.7% were cancelled (US Department of Transportation data).
On-time record, last 12 months
Every operation of NK1986, August 2025 to May 2026: 159 flights. Source: US Bureau of Transportation Statistics, public domain.
Routes flown as NK1986
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More about Chicago O'Hare (ORD) and Fort Lauderdale Hollywood (FLL).
Questions and answers
- Is NK1986 usually on time?
- 68% of Spirit Airlines flight NK1986's 159 flights from August 2025 to May 2026 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. It arrived about 16 minutes late on average.
- How often is NK1986 cancelled or badly delayed?
- 5.7% of NK1986's scheduled flights were cancelled from August 2025 to May 2026 (9 of 159), and 25% of the flights that operated arrived more than 30 minutes late.
- What route does NK1986 fly?
- NK1986 most often flies from Chicago O'Hare (ORD) to Fort Lauderdale Hollywood (FLL), 1,905 km (114 flights in the period). The same flight number also flew Fort Lauderdale Hollywood (FLL) to Chicago O'Hare (ORD).
- Where do these NK1986 figures come from?
- From the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) on-time records, which cover every domestic flight by the larger US airlines. The figures cover August 2025 to May 2026 and are updated each month when new BTS data is published, about two months after the month ends. See how TripStow measures punctuality.
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