Spirit Airlines A321neo
NKNarrow-body jet
Fleet as reported in the 2025 annual filing · Registry & ages refreshed Sep 1, 2026
Spirit Airlines ceased operations May 2, 2026. The figures below are the fleet as last reported, not aircraft in service today. The filing is annual, and continues to report a carrier's fleet after it stops flying.
A further 11 airframes were last reported in an earlier filing and are excluded from the counts below.
- Passengers flown a year
- 5.7M
- 3rd-largest Spirit Airlines sub-fleet
- Airframes in the filing
- 21
- Airports served
- 42
- Countries
- 10
- Departures a day
- 89
- Average age
- 2.0 yr
How Spirit Airlines flies its A321neo
Filed traffic dataThe count above is the A321neo airframes Spirit Airlines owns (US DOT Form 41). This is how it actually flew them to 42 airports across 10 countries — the capacity and busiest routes filed with US DOT T-100 over the trailing 12 months.
Departures flown
32,483
May 2026
Seats flown
7,439,150
Passengers
5.7M
Load factor
77.7%
RPM ÷ ASM
Block hours
90,885
Spirit Airlines's busiest A321neo routes
Its busiest A321neo routes over the trailing 12 months, by departures.
Atlanta – Fort Lauderdale (ATL–FLL)
1,134 departures · 212,087 passengers · 581 mi
81.7%
Load
Fort Lauderdale – New York (FLL–LGA)
908 departures · 178,867 passengers · 1,076 mi
86.0%
Load
Newark – Fort Lauderdale (EWR–FLL)
807 departures · 156,632 passengers · 1,065 mi
84.8%
Load
Fort Lauderdale – Chicago (FLL–ORD)
790 departures · 142,504 passengers · 1,182 mi
78.8%
Load
612 departures · 113,980 passengers · 854 mi
81.3%
Load
597 departures · 114,409 passengers · 950 mi
83.7%
Load
Detroit – Fort Lauderdale (DTW–FLL)
596 departures · 102,153 passengers · 1,127 mi
74.9%
Load
550 departures · 84,658 passengers · 502 mi
67.2%
Load
Fort Lauderdale – Houston (FLL–IAH)
526 departures · 94,251 passengers · 966 mi
78.3%
Load
Dallas-Fort Worth – Fort Lauderdale (DFW–FLL)
435 departures · 80,358 passengers · 1,119 mi
80.7%
Load
Dallas-Fort Worth – Los Angeles (DFW–LAX)
427 departures · 86,032 passengers · 1,235 mi
88.0%
Load
Detroit – Los Angeles (DTW–LAX)
393 departures · 71,015 passengers · 1,979 mi
78.9%
Load
387 departures · 79,487 passengers · 1,416 mi
89.7%
Load
371 departures · 73,440 passengers · 746 mi
86.4%
Load
Las Vegas – Los Angeles (LAS–LAX)
359 departures · 67,318 passengers · 236 mi
81.9%
Load
The longest and shortest Spirit Airlines A321neo flights
The two ends of the type's working envelope, from the routes it actually flew — not what the airframe is certified to do.
Longest route flown
2,454 mi
Newark – Los Angeles (EWR–LAX)
5h 37m block · 343 departures · 90% load
Flown by Spirit Airlines. A long leg for a narrow-body twin — far enough from a diversion airport that the type carries an ETOPS rating.
Shortest route flown
197 mi
Fort Lauderdale – Tampa (FLL–TPA)
1h 1m block · 316 departures · 64% load
Flown by Spirit Airlines.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through May 2026.
Where Spirit Airlines flies the A321neo from
Spirit Airlines flies its A321neo from 42 US airports in 10 countries. The busiest, by departures:
- FLL
5,579 departures · 32 routes
22.2%
Share
- MCO
2,207 departures · 18 routes
8.8%
Share
- IAH
1,562 departures · 12 routes
6.2%
Share
- EWR
1,457 departures · 11 routes
5.8%
Share
- LGA
1,456 departures · 6 routes
5.8%
Share
- ATL
1,363 departures · 8 routes
5.4%
Share
- DTW
1,322 departures · 9 routes
5.3%
Share
- LAX
1,319 departures · 10 routes
5.2%
Share
- LAS
1,219 departures · 13 routes
4.8%
Share
- ORD
1,144 departures · 9 routes
4.5%
Share
Where the A321neo sits in Spirit Airlines's fleet
The A321neo is 14.7% of Spirit Airlines's 217 tracked mainline aircraft.
Share of Spirit Airlines's mainline fleet · each type a slice
Other Spirit Airlines types
How old is the Spirit Airlines A321neo fleet?
Age is measured from each airframe's delivery date — the FAA airworthiness date where available, otherwise the manufacturer's. Bars share a fixed scale across every fleet page, so two carriers can be compared directly.
See all 21 A321neo tail numbers in Spirit Airlines's fleet →
Monthly Spirit Airlines A321neo capacity
Frequently asked
How many A321neo does Spirit Airlines have?
Spirit Airlines operates about 21 A321neo aircraft — 21 in service and 0 stored in its latest US DOT fleet filing.
Where does Spirit Airlines fly the A321neo?
Spirit Airlines flies its A321neo to about 42 US airports across 10 countries, its busiest route being ATL–FLL.
How old are Spirit Airlines's A321neo?
Spirit Airlines's A321neo fleet averages about 2.0 yr, ranging from 1.3 yr to 2.6 yr.
What is the longest A321neo route Spirit Airlines flies?
The longest A321neo route Spirit Airlines flew over the trailing 12 months is EWR–LAX, about 2,454 miles.