Atlantic City International in August 2024

74.3%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 280 domestic departures from Atlantic City International (ACY). 74.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.2% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so ACY departures were 1.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 248 departures with 78.2% leaving on time: a change of −3.9 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at ACY that month were on time 67.4% of the time (279 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 41%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and air carrier 21%.

On time 73.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.2%
Cancelled 2.5%
Diverted 1.1%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	ACY, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	74.3%	78.2%	72.6%	75.4%
Arrived on time	73.2%	75.8%	72.1%	74.7%
Cancelled	2.5%	1.2%	4.6%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.1 min	14.1 min	22.4 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	8	6	20,634
Scheduled departures	280	248	2,271	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	280	100%	73.2%	10.5 min	2.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ACY–MCO	Atlantic City to Orlando	79	86.1%	-0.2 min	1.3%
ACY–FLL	Atlantic City to Fort Lauderdale	60	55.0%	25.5 min	3.3%
ACY–MYR	Atlantic City to Myrtle Beach	48	72.9%	10.5 min	2.1%
ACY–PBI	Atlantic City to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach	31	87.1%	-4.5 min	0.0%
ACY–RSW	Atlantic City to Fort Myers	31	64.5%	23.7 min	3.2%
ACY–TPA	Atlantic City to Tampa	31	71.0%	12.8 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	21.4%	33.8%	1,047
Late-arriving aircraft	34.7%	39.8%	1,699
National Aviation System	41.2%	20.4%	2,020
Extreme weather	2.8%	5.9%	137
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,903 delay minutes on 65 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 2024?

74.3% of 280 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 78.2% of 248 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 74.3% and 2.5% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.