Atlantic City International in August 2023

78.2%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 248 domestic departures from Atlantic City International (ACY). 78.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.8% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so ACY departures were 1.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ACY that month were on time 71.8% of the time (248 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, national aviation system 37% and air carrier 16%.

On time 75.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.0%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from ACY in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	ACY, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	78.2%	—	72.6%	76.7%
Arrived on time	75.8%	—	72.1%	76.9%
Cancelled	1.2%	—	4.6%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.1 min	—	22.4 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	6	20,100
Scheduled departures	248	—	2,271	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	248	100%	75.8%	5.6 min	1.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ACY–MCO	Atlantic City to Orlando	78	70.5%	9.5 min	1.3%
ACY–FLL	Atlantic City to Fort Lauderdale	46	56.5%	13.0 min	0.0%
ACY–MYR	Atlantic City to Myrtle Beach	31	93.5%	-6.4 min	0.0%
ACY–PBI	Atlantic City to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach	31	87.1%	-1.4 min	0.0%
ACY–RSW	Atlantic City to Fort Myers	31	93.5%	-6.6 min	0.0%
ACY–TPA	Atlantic City to Tampa	31	71.0%	16.8 min	6.5%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	15.5%	36.7%	532
Late-arriving aircraft	45.3%	42.2%	1,550
National Aviation System	37.0%	15.7%	1,268
Extreme weather	2.2%	5.1%	75
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,425 delay minutes on 57 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left ACY on time in August 2023?

78.2% of 248 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for ACY · methodology · corrections.