Atlantic City International in December 2023

79.2%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 307 domestic departures from Atlantic City International (ACY). 79.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.6% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so ACY departures were 3.9 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ACY that month were on time 76.5% of the time (306 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 43%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and air carrier 23%.

On time 74.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.4%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	ACY, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	79.2%	—	72.6%	83.1%
Arrived on time	74.6%	—	72.1%	83.8%
Cancelled	1.0%	—	4.6%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.8 min	—	22.4 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	—	6	19,013
Scheduled departures	307	—	2,271	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	307	100%	74.6%	10.3 min	1.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ACY–MCO	Atlantic City to Orlando	111	70.3%	10.8 min	0.9%
ACY–TPA	Atlantic City to Tampa	61	85.2%	3.3 min	1.6%
ACY–FLL	Atlantic City to Fort Lauderdale	58	67.2%	11.5 min	0.0%
ACY–RSW	Atlantic City to Fort Myers	33	72.7%	20.8 min	3.0%
ACY–PBI	Atlantic City to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach	31	74.2%	17.0 min	0.0%
ACY–MYR	Atlantic City to Myrtle Beach	13	100.0%	-8.8 min	0.0%

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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	22.8%	37.1%	1,142
Late-arriving aircraft	34.1%	38.8%	1,707
National Aviation System	43.0%	17.6%	2,151
Extreme weather	0.1%	6.2%	7
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

5,007 delay minutes on 75 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 December 2023?

79.2% of 307 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.