NK557: Newark to Charlotte
Spirit Airlines flight NK557 flies from Newark Liberty (EWR) to Charlotte Douglas (CLT), 850 km. Over November 2025 to January 2026 it usually arrives about 16 minutes late: 80% of 41 flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule and 2.4% were cancelled (US Department of Transportation data).
On-time record, last 12 months
Every operation of NK557, November 2025 to January 2026: 41 flights. Source: US Bureau of Transportation Statistics, public domain.
Routes flown as NK557
Other flights from Newark to Charlotte
More about Newark Liberty (EWR) and Charlotte Douglas (CLT).
Questions and answers
- Is NK557 usually on time?
- 80% of Spirit Airlines flight NK557's 41 flights from November 2025 to January 2026 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. It arrived about 16 minutes late on average.
- How often is NK557 cancelled or badly delayed?
- 2.4% of NK557's scheduled flights were cancelled from November 2025 to January 2026 (1 of 41), and 18% of the flights that operated arrived more than 30 minutes late.
- What route does NK557 fly?
- NK557 most often flies from Newark Liberty (EWR) to Charlotte Douglas (CLT), 850 km (26 flights in the period). The same flight number also flew San Antonio (SAT) to San Juan (SJU).
- Where do these NK557 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 November 2025 to January 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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