Trenton Mercer in October 2023

84.8%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 204 domestic departures from Trenton Mercer (TTN). 84.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.8% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so TTN departures were 1.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at TTN that month were on time 77.0% of the time (204 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 74%, air carrier 21% and national aviation system 5%.

On time 86.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.8%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	TTN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	84.8%	—	74.6%	83.8%
Arrived on time	86.8%	—	74.1%	84.0%
Cancelled	1.5%	—	3.3%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.7 min	—	23.0 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	3	19,966
Scheduled departures	204	—	1,012	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
F9 Frontier Airlines	204	100%	86.8%	-0.9 min	1.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TTN–MCO	Trenton to Orlando	61	91.8%	-1.7 min	0.0%
TTN–ATL	Trenton to Atlanta	32	78.1%	13.4 min	3.1%
TTN–TPA	Trenton to Tampa	30	90.0%	-8.7 min	0.0%
TTN–PBI	Trenton to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach	27	88.9%	-8.7 min	0.0%
TTN–RSW	Trenton to Fort Myers	27	77.8%	9.9 min	3.7%
TTN–CLT	Trenton to Charlotte	14	92.9%	-6.1 min	0.0%
TTN–RDU	Trenton to Raleigh/Durham	13	84.6%	-13.3 min	7.7%

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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	21.4%	41.3%	530
Late-arriving aircraft	73.8%	40.5%	1,825
National Aviation System	4.8%	14.4%	118
Extreme weather	0.0%	3.7%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,473 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 TTN on time in October 2023?

84.8% of 204 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.