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Airport Reliability

ACK · Nantucket

Nantucket, MA (ACK)

77%
Departures within 15 minutes
19 min
Average departure delay
83%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
4.7%
Departures cancelled

Based on 1,784 departures and 1,784 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

Departures from ACK departing between 6–9 PM arrived on time 78% of the time, versus 62% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

Departures from ACK arrived on time 75% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 64%.

Ticking up lately.

Departures from ACK arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 70% in the three months before that.

When ACK gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM(2 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(340 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(516 flights)
  • 3–6 PM62%(723 flights)
  • 6–9 PM78%(116 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon70%(230 flights)
  • Tue75%(218 flights)
  • Wed73%(207 flights)
  • Thu67%(236 flights)
  • Fri75%(256 flights)
  • Sat73%(279 flights)
  • Sun64%(271 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 66% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202566%287
July 202563%509
August 202580%536
September 202571%218
October 202574%68
May 202677%79

Airlines departing ACK

Based on 1,784 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.