Flights Atlantic City → Tampa
ACY → TPA
Route overview
The flight route from Atlantic City to Tampa is operated using an Airbus A319 and has a total of 87 flights recorded. With a punctuality rate of 75%, the average delay for these flights is approximately 20.6 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic with over 21 million passengers per year at the destination.
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) → Tampa (TPA) route is operated by Spirit Airlines. Across 132 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.79%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 30.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Tampa 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 Tampa: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Atlantic City (ACY) to Tampa (TPA) heads south-west for about 1,472 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 16m.
Departures from Atlantic City on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 76% of ACY-TPA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Atlantic City the average ATFM delay is 6.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Tampa it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 132 tracked ACY-TPA flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 3.8% 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-TPA
On the Atlantic City (ACY) -> Tampa (TPA) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 132 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Atlantic City-Tampa is 3.79% across 132 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.
