Flights Atlantic City → Fort Lauderdale
ACY → FLL
Route overview
The flight route from Atlantic City to Fort Lauderdale operates with an average on-time performance rate of 67%, and flights typically experience a mean delay of 24.6 minutes. Over the course of a year, approximately 31,686,404 passengers pass through the destination airport, indicating significant traffic volume.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Atlantic City (ACY) → Fort Lauderdale (FLL) route is operated by Spirit Airlines. Across 258 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 20 minutes. The cancellation rate is 10.85%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 36.7/100 (high), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Atlantic City the average ATFM delay is 6.1 minutes.
Heading to Fort Lauderdale: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Atlantic City (ACY) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) heads south for about 1,576 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 23m.
Departures from Atlantic City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 43% of ACY-FLL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Atlantic City the average ATFM delay is 6.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Fort Lauderdale it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 258 tracked ACY-FLL flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 20 min and a 10.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spirit Airlines (NK) | 74% | 10 min | 1.5% |
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Frequently asked questions about ACY-FLL
On the Atlantic City (ACY) -> Fort Lauderdale (FLL) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 20 minutes, based on 258 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Atlantic City-Fort Lauderdale is 10.85% across 258 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Spirit Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
