Atlantic City International in October 2024

86.4%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 213 domestic departures from Atlantic City International (ACY). 86.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.9% reached their destination on time; 4.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so ACY departures were 0.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 275 departures with 81.5% leaving on time: a change of +4.9 points, with flights down 23%.

Flights arriving at ACY that month were on time 86.9% of the time (213 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 61%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 85.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.4%
Cancelled 4.7%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	ACY, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	86.4%	81.5%	72.6%	85.5%
Arrived on time	85.9%	83.3%	72.1%	85.8%
Cancelled	4.7%	5.5%	4.6%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.4 min	13.3 min	22.4 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	9	6	20,517
Scheduled departures	213	275	2,271	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	213	100%	85.9%	-9.3 min	4.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ACY–MCO	Atlantic City to Orlando	52	80.8%	-8.4 min	5.8%
ACY–FLL	Atlantic City to Fort Lauderdale	43	90.7%	-7.1 min	0.0%
ACY–PBI	Atlantic City to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach	31	87.1%	-12.6 min	3.2%
ACY–MYR	Atlantic City to Myrtle Beach	30	100.0%	-14.9 min	0.0%
ACY–TPA	Atlantic City to Tampa	30	73.3%	-0.8 min	13.3%
ACY–RSW	Atlantic City to Fort Myers	27	85.2%	-13.4 min	7.4%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	24.5%	42.7%	252
Late-arriving aircraft	61.3%	37.4%	630
National Aviation System	14.1%	16.3%	145
Extreme weather	0.0%	3.4%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,027 delay minutes on 20 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 2024?

86.4% of 213 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 81.5% of 275 departures left on time and 5.5% were cancelled, against 86.4% and 4.7% in October 2024.

Provenance

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