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Airport · TTN · Trenton, New Jersey

Trenton, NJ

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Trenton, NJ (TTN) ranks #203 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Trenton, NJ posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

75.4%
On-time
Top 96%
on-time, US airports
81 min
Delay when late
1.98%
Cancelled
#203 of 382
Corpus placement
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TTN on-time rate vs. the national average

Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%75.4%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 204,296.

Late Aircraft 50.0% (102,147 min)
Carrier 22.5% (45,968 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 25.1% (51,329 min)
Weather 2.4% (4,852 min)
Security 0.0% (0 min)

TTN - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: October (92.5%) · worst: June (86%)

84%86%88%90%92%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 86.9%

TTN - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 94.2% 89.5% ▼ -5.0%

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

Average taxi-out 17.9 min · taxi-in 8.3 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min15 min20 min25 min Jan 24Dec 25 18.9 min 22.8 min ▲ +20.6%

TTN's average taxi-out (17.9 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 15.4 min (March 2025) to 22.8 min (December 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Trenton, NJ.

Cancellation Rate

1.98%

417 of 21,106 flights

Diversion Rate

0.15%

31 of 21,106 flights

Delay Rate

24.6%

5,202 of 21,106 flights

Top Routes from TTN

Busiest routes to and from Trenton, NJ.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
TTN (Trenton) → MCO (Orlando) 3,315 75.2% 896 mi
MCO (Orlando) → TTN (Trenton) 3,314 71.3% 896 mi
PBI (West Palm Beach/Palm Beach) → TTN (Trenton) 886 63.3% 985 mi
TTN (Trenton) → PBI (West Palm Beach/Palm Beach) 886 71.2% 985 mi
TTN (Trenton) → TPA (Tampa) 877 77.3% 955 mi
TPA (Tampa) → TTN (Trenton) 848 77.9% 955 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → TTN (Trenton) 625 71.4% 701 mi
TTN (Trenton) → ATL (Atlanta) 623 73.8% 701 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Trenton, 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: 75.4%).

Bishop, CA

Bishop, CA

75% on-time 2,388 flights

Punta Gorda, FL

Punta Gorda, FL

74.9% on-time 75,674 flights

San Juan, PR

San Juan, PR

76.1% on-time 366,579 flights

Pago Pago, TT

Pago Pago, TT

74.6% on-time 1,005 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 21,106).

Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune, NC

Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune, NC

20,873 flights 87.4% on-time

Lansing, MI

Lansing, MI

21,361 flights 85% on-time

Rochester, MN

Rochester, MN

20,848 flights 85.8% on-time

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA

21,551 flights 82.7% on-time

Other Airports in New Jersey

Compare performance with other New Jersey airports.

EWR 78.1%

Newark, NJ

Newark · 1,354,054 flights
ACY 82.3%

Atlantic City, NJ

Atlantic City · 34,258 flights

TTN delay-share reading

The standout signal at Trenton, NJ is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 50.0% of 204,296 delay minutes across 21,106 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 75.4% (3.6 pts below the 79% national average), with 5,202 delayed and 417 cancelled (1.98%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (50.0% late-aircraft, 22.5% carrier, 25.1% NAS, 2.4% weather, 0.0% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, TTN is strongest in October (92.5% on-time) and weakest in June (86%), a 6.5-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~397 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to MCO (Orlando) at 75.2% 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 TTN's data

TTN's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from TTN before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in October rather than June if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 17.9 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.