On-Time Report

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Airport month · March 2024

Atlantic City International in March 2024

65.1%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 327 domestic departures from Atlantic City International (ACY). 65.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 64.8% reached their destination on time; 2.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so ACY departures were 13.4 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ACY that month were on time 68.4% of the time (326 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 52%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and air carrier 20%.

Every scheduled departure from ACY in March 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureMar 2024Year earlierACY, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time65.1%—72.6%78.5%
Arrived on time64.8%—72.1%78.3%
Cancelled2.8%—4.6%0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)25.0 min—22.4 min15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day11—619,726
Scheduled departures327—2,271591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
NK Spirit Airlines327100%64.8%17.8 min2.8%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ACY–MCOAtlantic City to Orlando12465.3%13.0 min1.6%
ACY–RSWAtlantic City to Fort Myers6269.4%22.8 min1.6%
ACY–FLLAtlantic City to Fort Lauderdale4353.5%16.2 min7.0%
ACY–TPAAtlantic City to Tampa3672.2%23.1 min2.8%
ACY–MYRAtlantic City to Myrtle Beach3167.7%21.3 min3.2%
ACY–PBIAtlantic City to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach3158.1%19.2 min3.2%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Mar 2024Minutes
Air carrier19.7%32.1%1,585
Late-arriving aircraft27.9%42.1%2,239
National Aviation System52.4%21.4%4,210
Extreme weather0.0%4.2%0
Security0.0%0.2%0
8,034 delay minutes on 105 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left ACY on time in March 2024?

65.1% of 327 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 64.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 2023 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 March 2024; 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.