Flights Fort Lauderdale → Atlantic City
FLL → ACY
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Lauderdale to Atlantic City operates with an average on-time performance of 57%, experiencing a mean delay of 23.1 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately 203 flights use aircraft such as Airbus A320 and A319, serving the destination airport which handles around 632,691 passengers annually.
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 Fort Lauderdale (FLL) → Atlantic City (ACY) route is operated by Spirit Airlines. Across 257 flights monitored in recent months, 61% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 21 minutes. The cancellation rate is 8.95%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 30.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Atlantic City the average ATFM delay is 6.1 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Atlantic City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Atlantic City (ACY) heads north for about 1,576 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 23m.
Departures from Fort Lauderdale on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 45% of FLL-ACY flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Atlantic City it is 6.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 257 tracked FLL-ACY flights, 61% left on time with an average delay of 21 min and a 8.9% 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 FLL-ACY
On the Fort Lauderdale (FLL) -> Atlantic City (ACY) route, on-time performance is 61% with an average delay of 21 minutes, based on 257 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Lauderdale-Atlantic City is 8.95% across 257 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.
