Atlantic City International in October 2023

81.5%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 275 domestic departures from Atlantic City International (ACY). 81.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.3% reached their destination on time; 5.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so ACY departures were 2.3 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ACY that month were on time 80.7% of the time (275 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 45% and national aviation system 7%.

On time 83.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.3%
Cancelled 5.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	ACY, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	81.5%	—	72.6%	83.8%
Arrived on time	83.3%	—	72.1%	84.0%
Cancelled	5.5%	—	4.6%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.3 min	—	22.4 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	—	6	19,966
Scheduled departures	275	—	2,271	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	275	100%	83.3%	-0.7 min	5.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ACY–MCO	Atlantic City to Orlando	90	81.1%	1.1 min	6.7%
ACY–FLL	Atlantic City to Fort Lauderdale	61	80.3%	1.1 min	0.0%
ACY–MYR	Atlantic City to Myrtle Beach	31	96.8%	-9.5 min	0.0%
ACY–PBI	Atlantic City to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach	31	83.9%	-2.3 min	9.7%
ACY–RSW	Atlantic City to Fort Myers	31	87.1%	-8.2 min	9.7%
ACY–TPA	Atlantic City to Tampa	31	77.4%	8.6 min	9.7%

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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	44.6%	41.3%	1,321
Late-arriving aircraft	48.6%	40.5%	1,441
National Aviation System	6.8%	14.4%	200
Extreme weather	0.0%	3.7%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,962 delay minutes on 31 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 October 2023?

81.5% of 275 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.