401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Spirit Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.2B
Total assets Very large vs avg
3,521
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$335,575
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Spirit Airlines, Inc. · Florida · Transportation & Warehousing

$1.2B in assets, 3,521 participants

Spirit Airlines, Inc.'s Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan reported $1.2B in total assets and 3,521 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #3,226 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)

Coverage in Florida

Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan covers 3,521 participants in Florida, 5.6x the typical Florida plan (state average ~628 per filing). Assets: $1.2B.

#3,226
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
+24.6%
assets growth YoY
12×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$1,181,558,760 Top 1% higher than 99% of 123,620 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024

Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan lands in the large band (3,521 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $948M in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.2B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 3,206 in the plan year 2023 filing to 3,521 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan reported net income fell from $257M in the plan year 2023 filing to $233M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 381747023 · Spirit Airlines, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan · $1.2B · 3,521 · 99th

  • TYPE $1.2B
  • NET 3,521
  • BOOK 99th
  • VS-ST 401(k)
  • BOY near Virtua 401(k) Savings Plan
  • SCH ind #3226

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Florida →

Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings PlanSpirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots…$1.2BVirtua 401(k) Savings Plan$1.2BVeralto Corporation & Subsidiaries Savings PlanVeralto Corporation & Subsid…$1.2BBlue 401(k) Plan$1.2BAnnuity Fund of Local No. One, I. a. T. S. E.Annuity Fund of Local No. On…$1.2B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Florida filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$948M
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.2B
Net Income$233M
Employer EIN381747023
Plan Effective Date1994-02-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Spirit Airlines, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Spirit Airlines, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.5B 69.02152124460093% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.8B$1B$1.2B$1.4B$1.6B 202220232024 $0.87B $1.48B ▲ +70.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 9,923 $874M
2023 2 11,777 $1.2B
2024 2 13,477 $1.5B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Florida

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Florida, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000400000 05101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.18155876 · Participants: 3521Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings PlanL3harris Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.316786122 · Participants: 40330L3harris Retirement Savings PlanSavings Plan for Employees and Partners of Pwc, Total assets ($B): 13.167098888 · Participants: 51081Savings Plan for Employees and Partners of PwcAdp Totalsource Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.190044852 · Participants: 310261Adp Totalsource Retirement Savings PlanPublix Super Markets, Inc. 401(k) Smart Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.068866271 · Participants: 197102Publix Super Markets, Inc. 401(k) Smart PlanNextera Energy, Inc. Employee Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.484619612 · Participants: 16678Nextera Energy, Inc. Employee Retirement Savings Plan
Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Florida, assets vs. participants
Compare Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Florida, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Virtua 401(k) Savings Plan in NJ ($1.2B); by covered participants it is The New York Times Companies Supplemental Retirement and Investment Plan in NY (3,522 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.2B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (3,521 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan grew sharply - up 24.6% during 2024, from $948M to $1.2B. Reported net income was $233M.
How have Spirit Airlines, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Spirit Airlines, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 69.0%, from $874M to $1.5B.
Where does Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Virtua 401(k) Savings Plan in NJ ($1.2B, 12,936 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The New York Times Companies Supplemental Retirement and Investment Plan in NY (3,522 participants, $1.3B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 381747023.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.