Atlantic City International in September 2023

85.5%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 249 domestic departures from Atlantic City International (ACY). 85.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.3% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so ACY departures were 5.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ACY that month were on time 79.9% of the time (249 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 45%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and air carrier 18%.

On time 86.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.0%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	ACY, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	85.5%	—	72.6%	80.5%
Arrived on time	86.3%	—	72.1%	80.1%
Cancelled	1.2%	—	4.6%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.7 min	—	22.4 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	6	18,978
Scheduled departures	249	—	2,271	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	249	100%	86.3%	-1.3 min	1.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ACY–MCO	Atlantic City to Orlando	71	87.3%	-0.3 min	0.0%
ACY–FLL	Atlantic City to Fort Lauderdale	59	79.7%	3.1 min	1.7%
ACY–PBI	Atlantic City to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach	30	90.0%	-2.2 min	0.0%
ACY–RSW	Atlantic City to Fort Myers	30	93.3%	-10.2 min	0.0%
ACY–TPA	Atlantic City to Tampa	30	83.3%	2.4 min	3.3%
ACY–MYR	Atlantic City to Myrtle Beach	29	89.7%	-6.7 min	3.4%

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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	17.6%	36.4%	403
Late-arriving aircraft	34.5%	38.3%	791
National Aviation System	44.5%	19.9%	1,021
Extreme weather	3.4%	5.1%	77
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,292 delay minutes on 30 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 September 2023?

85.5% of 249 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.