LAST EVER Spirit Airlines Departure from Charlotte NC | Historic N991NK Ferry Flight | May 9, 2026

The last ever Spirit Airlines departure from both the city of Charlotte, and the entire state of North Carolina... On May 9, 2026, just one week after Spirit Airlines ceased all operations, N991NK was just 1 of 2 Spirit Airlines aircraft that remained at CLT following the closing of the airline (N723NK being the other). And at 11:04AM, the A320neo departed Runway 18C completely empty for a ferry flight to the Marana Pinal Airpark (airplane boneyard). This flight marked the official end of Spirit Airlines' presence in Charlotte after roughly 7 years of nonstop service after having their inaugural flight in the summer of 2019, maxing out at operating 8 daily flights out of CLT and surprisingly making up just 1% of total CLT operations. It was a bittersweet moment for me saying goodbye to the airline I always considered my "lucky airline" as I'd always see one taking off the moment I arrived at CLT before an amazing planespotting session, but I was extremely grateful i was able to witness this unfortunate historic flight and have an official farewell to Spirit. Not to mention I hadn't actually seen the "yellow banan" too often this year as most every time the retro liveries would always be in CLT, which were still great to see, but I'm glad I got to see the yellow banana once more! On a side note, it was the luck of @L.A.FLIGHTS that made witnessing this flight possible! As N991NK happened to leave perfectly on 1 of the 2 days Peter was at CLT and the same day I had planned on spotting at CLT, so I was already here when the banana took off! And apologies for slightly inconsistent camera tracking as I was also using one hand to film with my phone while my other was on the camera lol • • • Check out my other CLT Planespotting videos from the past few years available through my CLT Airport playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist? list=PLNMbZRjj2shqKVcsD2ov3gaieCghvr- u4&si=3vuVCWZREIP48ykg CLT Airport Trip Reports: • https://youtu.be/X5OMLFsJgHg? si=UwkaGPUh3xmFITM6 • https://youtu.be/450UvC6WbtY?si=J_t- nihaCHHYzFoc • https://youtu.be/QapEsYC78_M? si=2VisPSxaЗstVfMVQ • https://youtu.be/blLR6jdryQO? si=e7yBSWDshqQJSAnG #spiritairlines #charlotte #takeoff #clt #airport #a320neo #airbus #spirit #historicflight #historic #finalflight #farewell #aviation #aviationdaily #aviationgeek #aviationlovers #aviationhistory #planespotting #planespotter