Atlantic City International in May 2025

82.2%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 180 domestic departures from Atlantic City International (ACY). 82.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.9% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so ACY departures were 5.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 286 departures with 82.2% leaving on time: a change of 0.0 points, with flights down 37%.

Flights arriving at ACY that month were on time 74.3% of the time (179 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 39% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 83.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.1%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	ACY, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	82.2%	82.2%	72.6%	76.7%
Arrived on time	83.9%	83.9%	72.1%	75.4%
Cancelled	0.0%	1.0%	4.6%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.5 min	10.8 min	22.4 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	10	6	20,188
Scheduled departures	180	286	2,271	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	180	100%	83.9%	10.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ACY–MCO	Atlantic City to Orlando	70	81.4%	14.6 min	0.0%
ACY–FLL	Atlantic City to Fort Lauderdale	36	86.1%	12.4 min	0.0%
ACY–RSW	Atlantic City to Fort Myers	23	82.6%	8.4 min	0.0%
ACY–PBI	Atlantic City to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach	20	90.0%	-6.9 min	0.0%
ACY–TPA	Atlantic City to Tampa	19	78.9%	17.1 min	0.0%
ACY–MYR	Atlantic City to Myrtle Beach	12	91.7%	-0.7 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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	47.4%	29.3%	1,681
Late-arriving aircraft	38.7%	37.8%	1,371
National Aviation System	11.2%	25.9%	396
Extreme weather	2.8%	6.9%	99
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,547 delay minutes on 29 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 May 2025?

82.2% of 180 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 82.2% of 286 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 82.2% and 0.0% in May 2025.

Provenance

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