Atlantic City International in January 2025

88.3%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 205 domestic departures from Atlantic City International (ACY). 88.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.3% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so ACY departures were 9.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 262 departures with 85.5% leaving on time: a change of +2.8 points, with flights down 22%.

Flights arriving at ACY that month were on time 88.8% of the time (206 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 42%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and air carrier 22%.

On time 86.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.7%
Cancelled 2.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from ACY in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	ACY, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	88.3%	85.5%	72.6%	79.3%
Arrived on time	86.3%	77.9%	72.1%	78.6%
Cancelled	2.0%	1.9%	4.6%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.7 min	8.5 min	22.4 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	9	6	17,992
Scheduled departures	205	262	2,271	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	205	100%	86.3%	-5.6 min	2.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ACY–MCO	Atlantic City to Orlando	61	86.9%	-8.6 min	0.0%
ACY–FLL	Atlantic City to Fort Lauderdale	54	85.2%	-2.6 min	0.0%
ACY–RSW	Atlantic City to Fort Myers	37	86.5%	-3.1 min	5.4%
ACY–PBI	Atlantic City to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach	31	83.9%	-1.8 min	3.2%
ACY–TPA	Atlantic City to Tampa	22	90.9%	-14.1 min	4.5%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	22.1%	36.2%	294
Late-arriving aircraft	35.8%	34.7%	476
National Aviation System	42.0%	19.9%	558
Extreme weather	0.0%	9.1%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,328 delay minutes on 24 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 January 2025?

88.3% of 205 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 85.5% of 262 departures left on time and 1.9% were cancelled, against 88.3% and 2.0% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.