Flights Tampa → Atlantic City
TPA → ACY
Route overview
The flight route from Tampa to Atlantic City operates with an average on-time performance of 61%, experiencing a mean delay of 33.6 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 86 flights using Airbus A319 aircraft, serving a destination airport that accommodates approximately 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 Tampa (TPA) → Atlantic City (ACY) route is operated by Spirit Airlines. Across 131 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 22 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.34%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.5/100 (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 Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Atlantic City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Tampa (TPA) to Atlantic City (ACY) heads north-east for about 1,472 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 16m.
Departures from Tampa on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 62% of TPA-ACY flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Atlantic City it is 6.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 131 tracked TPA-ACY flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 22 min and a 5.3% 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 TPA-ACY
On the Tampa (TPA) -> Atlantic City (ACY) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 22 minutes, based on 131 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Tampa-Atlantic City is 5.34% across 131 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.
