Atlantic City International in September 2025

89.7%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 282 domestic departures from Atlantic City International (ACY). 89.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.7% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so ACY departures were 6.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 197 departures with 86.3% leaving on time: a change of +3.4 points, with flights up 43%.

Flights arriving at ACY that month were on time 90.8% of the time (282 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 27%.

On time 88.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.0%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	ACY, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	89.7%	86.3%	72.6%	83.1%
Arrived on time	88.7%	85.8%	72.1%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	1.5%	4.6%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.9 min	7.8 min	22.4 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	7	6	18,748
Scheduled departures	282	197	2,271	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	282	100%	88.7%	-5.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ACY–MCO	Atlantic City to Orlando	63	85.7%	-2.7 min	0.0%
ACY–FLL	Atlantic City to Fort Lauderdale	52	90.4%	-12.9 min	0.0%
ACY–TPA	Atlantic City to Tampa	48	95.8%	-15.7 min	0.0%
ACY–PBI	Atlantic City to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach	44	81.8%	1.6 min	0.0%
ACY–RSW	Atlantic City to Fort Myers	31	90.3%	-0.7 min	0.0%
ACY–MYR	Atlantic City to Myrtle Beach	30	86.7%	-1.1 min	0.0%
ACY–MIA	Atlantic City to Miami	14	92.9%	-2.9 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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	33.5%	34.3%	593
Late-arriving aircraft	39.7%	37.4%	704
National Aviation System	26.8%	22.6%	475
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.6%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,772 delay minutes on 31 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 2025?

89.7% of 282 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 86.3% of 197 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 89.7% and 0.0% in September 2025.

Provenance

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