Atlantic City International in September 2024

86.3%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 197 domestic departures from Atlantic City International (ACY). 86.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.8% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so ACY departures were 1.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 249 departures with 85.5% leaving on time: a change of +0.8 points, with flights down 21%.

Flights arriving at ACY that month were on time 79.7% of the time (197 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 32%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 85.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.7%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 1.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	ACY, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	86.3%	85.5%	72.6%	84.4%
Arrived on time	85.8%	86.3%	72.1%	83.9%
Cancelled	1.5%	1.2%	4.6%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.8 min	10.7 min	22.4 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	8	6	19,421
Scheduled departures	197	249	2,271	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	197	100%	85.8%	-5.5 min	1.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ACY–MCO	Atlantic City to Orlando	55	90.9%	-8.8 min	0.0%
ACY–MYR	Atlantic City to Myrtle Beach	32	96.9%	-12.2 min	0.0%
ACY–FLL	Atlantic City to Fort Lauderdale	31	77.4%	-1.1 min	0.0%
ACY–PBI	Atlantic City to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach	30	90.0%	-10.0 min	0.0%
ACY–TPA	Atlantic City to Tampa	30	70.0%	7.7 min	6.7%
ACY–RSW	Atlantic City to Fort Myers	19	84.2%	-3.4 min	5.3%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	32.1%	38.6%	443
Late-arriving aircraft	28.1%	38.4%	387
National Aviation System	22.7%	18.2%	313
Extreme weather	17.1%	4.8%	235
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,378 delay minutes on 23 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 2024?

86.3% of 197 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 85.5% of 249 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 86.3% and 1.5% in September 2024.

Provenance

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