Trenton Mercer in August 2024

70.0%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 130 domestic departures from Trenton Mercer (TTN). 70.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.0% reached their destination on time; 3.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so TTN departures were 5.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 201 departures with 65.2% leaving on time: a change of +4.8 points, with flights down 35%.

Flights arriving at TTN that month were on time 67.9% of the time (131 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 61%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 70.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.4%
Cancelled 3.1%
Diverted 1.5%

Every scheduled departure from TTN in August 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	TTN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	70.0%	65.2%	74.6%	75.4%
Arrived on time	70.0%	67.7%	74.1%	74.7%
Cancelled	3.1%	6.5%	3.3%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	30.4 min	25.6 min	23.0 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	7	3	20,634
Scheduled departures	130	201	1,012	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
F9 Frontier Airlines	130	100%	70.0%	14.0 min	3.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TTN–MCO	Trenton to Orlando	53	62.3%	22.9 min	1.9%
TTN–TPA	Trenton to Tampa	31	77.4%	2.1 min	6.5%
TTN–ATL	Trenton to Atlanta	30	76.7%	13.8 min	3.3%
TTN–RDU	Trenton to Raleigh/Durham	10	70.0%	7.9 min	0.0%
TTN–CLT	Trenton to Charlotte	6	66.7%	5.5 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	26.1%	33.8%	880
Late-arriving aircraft	60.8%	39.8%	2,050
National Aviation System	13.1%	20.4%	441
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.9%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,371 delay minutes on 33 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 2024?

70.0% of 130 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 65.2% of 201 departures left on time and 6.5% were cancelled, against 70.0% and 3.1% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2024; 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.