Atlantic City International in March 2026

57.0%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 230 domestic departures from Atlantic City International (ACY). 57.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 58.7% reached their destination on time; 15.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so ACY departures were 15.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 217 departures with 87.6% leaving on time: a change of −30.6 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at ACY that month were on time 43.4% of the time (228 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, national aviation system 32% and air carrier 24%.

On time 58.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.7%
Cancelled 15.2%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from ACY in March 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	ACY, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	57.0%	87.6%	72.6%	72.8%
Arrived on time	58.7%	88.0%	72.1%	73.2%
Cancelled	15.2%	0.9%	4.6%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	26.9 min	7.9 min	22.4 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	7	6	20,403
Scheduled departures	230	217	2,271	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	176	77%	59.7%	15.9 min	18.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	54	23%	55.6%	27.0 min	3.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ACY–FLL	Atlantic City to Fort Lauderdale	67	44.8%	52.8 min	13.4%
ACY–MCO	Atlantic City to Orlando	42	54.8%	12.3 min	23.8%
ACY–PBI	Atlantic City to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach	31	74.2%	-14.9 min	19.4%
ACY–RSW	Atlantic City to Fort Myers	31	48.4%	17.3 min	16.1%
ACY–TPA	Atlantic City to Tampa	31	64.5%	8.8 min	9.7%
ACY–PIE	Atlantic City to St. Petersburg	10	80.0%	-12.8 min	10.0%
ACY–PGD	Atlantic City to Punta Gorda	9	88.9%	-8.0 min	11.1%
ACY–SFB	Atlantic City to Sanford	9	88.9%	5.6 min	0.0%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	23.7%	33.5%	1,208
Late-arriving aircraft	44.4%	39.3%	2,260
National Aviation System	31.7%	21.0%	1,617
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.9%	0
Security	0.2%	0.2%	10

5,095 delay minutes on 59 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 March 2026?

57.0% of 230 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 58.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 87.6% of 217 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 57.0% and 15.2% in March 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2026; 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.