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Airport · ACY · Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City, NJ

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Atlantic City, NJ (ACY) ranks #173 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Atlantic City, NJ posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

82.3%
On-time
Top 63%
on-time, US airports
76 min
Delay when late
1.21%
Cancelled
#173 of 382
Corpus placement
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ACY on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%82.3%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: NAS. Total delay minutes: 210,295.

Late Aircraft 30.0% (63,029 min)
Carrier 26.9% (56,483 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 40.9% (85,915 min)
Weather 2.1% (4,463 min)
Security 0.2% (405 min)

ACY - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (94.5%) · worst: June (89.9%)

88%90%92%94%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 90.3%

ACY - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 95.9% 92.5% ▼ -3.5%

ACY - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 11.7 min · taxi-in 4.9 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min12 min14 min16 min Jan 24Dec 25 14.3 min 13.1 min ▼ -8.4%

ACY's average taxi-out (11.7 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (January 2024, 14.3 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Atlantic City, NJ.

Cancellation Rate

1.21%

415 of 34,258 flights

Diversion Rate

0.16%

55 of 34,258 flights

Delay Rate

17.7%

6,073 of 34,258 flights

Top Routes from ACY

Busiest routes to and from Atlantic City, NJ.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
ACY (Atlantic City) → MCO (Orlando) 4,627 81.1% 852 mi
MCO (Orlando) → ACY (Atlantic City) 4,623 74.8% 852 mi
ACY (Atlantic City) → FLL (Fort Lauderdale) 3,286 79.8% 977 mi
FLL (Fort Lauderdale) → ACY (Atlantic City) 3,258 77.9% 977 mi
RSW (Fort Myers) → ACY (Atlantic City) 2,277 85.7% 982 mi
ACY (Atlantic City) → RSW (Fort Myers) 2,248 87.3% 982 mi
ACY (Atlantic City) → TPA (Tampa) 1,514 82.7% 913 mi
TPA (Tampa) → ACY (Atlantic City) 1,511 80.9% 913 mi
ACY (Atlantic City) → MYR (Myrtle Beach) 1,310 86.2% 466 mi
MYR (Myrtle Beach) → ACY (Atlantic City) 1,308 82.6% 466 mi
ACY (Atlantic City) → PBI (West Palm Beach/Palm Beach) 1,038 86.1% 936 mi
PBI (West Palm Beach/Palm Beach) → ACY (Atlantic City) 1,038 85.8% 936 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Atlantic City, NJ, both outside New Jersey so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 82.3%).

Milwaukee, WI

Milwaukee, WI

82.3% on-time 299,952 flights

Ontario, CA

Ontario, CA

82.3% on-time 272,856 flights

Oklahoma City, OK

Oklahoma City, OK

82.3% on-time 248,285 flights

Bozeman, MT

Bozeman, MT

82.3% on-time 117,386 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 34,258).

Daytona Beach, FL

Daytona Beach, FL

34,922 flights 84.9% on-time

Mobile, AL

Mobile, AL

33,438 flights 85.2% on-time

Charleston/Dunbar, WV

Charleston/Dunbar, WV

36,162 flights 81.5% on-time

Montrose/Delta, CO

Montrose/Delta, CO

32,233 flights 81.3% on-time

Other Airports in New Jersey

Compare performance with other New Jersey airports.

EWR 78.1%

Newark, NJ

Newark · 1,354,054 flights
TTN 75.4%

Trenton, NJ

Trenton · 21,106 flights

ACY delay-share reading

The standout signal at Atlantic City, NJ is the delay mix: NAS owns 40.9% of 210,295 delay minutes across 34,258 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 82.3% (3.3 pts above the 79% national average), with 6,073 delayed and 415 cancelled (1.21%).

Delay minutes concentrate in NAS (30.0% late-aircraft, 26.9% carrier, 40.9% NAS, 2.1% weather, 0.2% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, ACY is strongest in September (94.5% on-time) and weakest in June (89.9%), a 4.6-point swing. Volume peaks in August (~558 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to MCO (Orlando) at 81.1% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for New Jersey: New Jersey flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using ACY's data

ACY's on-time book is mid-pack; month and delay-cause mix move more than the headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from ACY before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in September rather than June if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 11.7 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.