Trenton Mercer in August 2023

65.2%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 201 domestic departures from Trenton Mercer (TTN). 65.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.7% reached their destination on time; 6.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so TTN departures were 11.5 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at TTN that month were on time 58.2% of the time (201 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 66%, air carrier 20% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 67.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.4%
Cancelled 6.5%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from TTN in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	TTN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	65.2%	—	74.6%	76.7%
Arrived on time	67.7%	—	74.1%	76.9%
Cancelled	6.5%	—	3.3%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.6 min	—	23.0 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	3	20,100
Scheduled departures	201	—	1,012	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
F9 Frontier Airlines	201	100%	67.7%	14.1 min	6.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TTN–MCO	Trenton to Orlando	84	71.4%	15.1 min	6.0%
TTN–ATL	Trenton to Atlanta	35	71.4%	23.5 min	0.0%
TTN–TPA	Trenton to Tampa	32	75.0%	-1.3 min	6.3%
TTN–RDU	Trenton to Raleigh/Durham	19	47.4%	15.6 min	15.8%
TTN–FLL	Trenton to Fort Lauderdale	17	64.7%	6.5 min	11.8%
TTN–CLT	Trenton to Charlotte	14	50.0%	24.6 min	7.1%

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), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	19.9%	36.7%	848
Late-arriving aircraft	65.7%	42.2%	2,799
National Aviation System	12.0%	15.7%	513
Extreme weather	2.4%	5.1%	103
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,263 delay minutes on 51 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 TTN on time in August 2023?

65.2% of 201 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for TTN · methodology · corrections.