NK601: Detroit to Newark
Spirit Airlines flight NK601 flies from Detroit (DTW) to Newark Liberty (EWR), 783 km. Over November 2025 to May 2026 it usually arrives about 16 minutes late: 76% of 70 flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule and 2.9% were cancelled (US Department of Transportation data).
On-time record, last 12 months
Every operation of NK601, November 2025 to May 2026: 70 flights. Source: US Bureau of Transportation Statistics, public domain.
Routes flown as NK601
Other flights from Detroit to Newark
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Questions and answers
- Is NK601 usually on time?
- 76% of Spirit Airlines flight NK601's 70 flights from November 2025 to May 2026 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. It arrived about 16 minutes late on average.
- How often is NK601 cancelled or badly delayed?
- 2.9% of NK601's scheduled flights were cancelled from November 2025 to May 2026 (2 of 70), and 21% of the flights that operated arrived more than 30 minutes late.
- What route does NK601 fly?
- NK601 most often flies from Detroit (DTW) to Newark Liberty (EWR), 783 km (28 flights in the period). The same flight number also flew Newark Liberty (EWR) to Orlando (MCO), Philadelphia (PHL) to Fort Lauderdale Hollywood (FLL).
- Where do these NK601 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 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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