Trenton Mercer in December 2023

69.3%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 241 domestic departures from Trenton Mercer (TTN). 69.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.2% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so TTN departures were 13.8 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at TTN that month were on time 72.8% of the time (239 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 72.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.7%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	TTN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	69.3%	—	74.6%	83.1%
Arrived on time	72.2%	—	74.1%	83.8%
Cancelled	2.1%	—	3.3%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	30.2 min	—	23.0 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	3	19,013
Scheduled departures	241	—	1,012	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
F9 Frontier Airlines	241	100%	72.2%	17.7 min	2.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TTN–MCO	Trenton to Orlando	65	72.3%	13.0 min	1.5%
TTN–PBI	Trenton to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach	62	77.4%	21.3 min	1.6%
TTN–TPA	Trenton to Tampa	34	67.6%	4.9 min	5.9%
TTN–FLL	Trenton to Fort Lauderdale	31	74.2%	1.5 min	3.2%
TTN–RSW	Trenton to Fort Myers	31	71.0%	14.0 min	0.0%
TTN–ATL	Trenton to Atlanta	18	61.1%	78.6 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	32.3%	37.1%	2,195
Late-arriving aircraft	52.0%	38.8%	3,532
National Aviation System	15.7%	17.6%	1,066
Extreme weather	0.0%	6.2%	0
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

6,793 delay minutes on 62 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 December 2023?

69.3% of 241 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.