Atlantic City International in December 2024

77.4%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 190 domestic departures from Atlantic City International (ACY). 77.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.5% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so ACY departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 307 departures with 79.2% leaving on time: a change of −1.8 points, with flights down 38%.

Flights arriving at ACY that month were on time 77.2% of the time (189 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 47%, air carrier 29% and late-arriving aircraft 23%.

On time 79.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.0%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	ACY, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	77.4%	79.2%	72.6%	77.8%
Arrived on time	79.5%	74.6%	72.1%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.5%	1.0%	4.6%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.7 min	15.8 min	22.4 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	10	6	19,686
Scheduled departures	190	307	2,271	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	190	100%	79.5%	-0.7 min	0.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ACY–MCO	Atlantic City to Orlando	62	82.3%	-6.0 min	0.0%
ACY–RSW	Atlantic City to Fort Myers	43	79.1%	1.7 min	2.3%
ACY–FLL	Atlantic City to Fort Lauderdale	31	74.2%	12.1 min	0.0%
ACY–PBI	Atlantic City to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach	27	74.1%	2.7 min	0.0%
ACY–TPA	Atlantic City to Tampa	24	83.3%	-9.9 min	0.0%
ACY–MYR	Atlantic City to Myrtle Beach	3	100.0%	-15.0 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	29.4%	34.3%	686
Late-arriving aircraft	23.4%	40.2%	546
National Aviation System	47.2%	17.8%	1,100
Extreme weather	0.0%	7.5%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,332 delay minutes on 38 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 2024?

77.4% of 190 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 79.2% of 307 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 77.4% and 0.5% in December 2024.

Provenance

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