Atlantic City International
ACY · KACY · Atlantic City, New Jersey · Atlantic County · map
Atlantic City International is a public-use airport, 9 miles northwest of Atlantic City, New Jersey, 75 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 10,001 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additives) and about 54 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 57,260 takeoffs and landings a year. About 498,433 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KACY · observed 11:54 am EDT (15:54 UTC), 29 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind from the east (090°) at 16 knots, gusting to 27
- Visibility 2 miles
- Sky: overcast at 500 feet
- Weather: heavy rain, mist
- Temperature 64°F (18°C), dew point 63°F (17°C)
- Altimeter 30.15 inHg
The forecast issued Sun 9:07 am EDT (13:07 UTC), good until Mon 8:00 am EDT (12:00 UTC)
- From Sun 9:00 am EDT (13:00 UTC): wind from the east at 15 knots, gusting to 25, visibility 4 miles, light rain, mist, overcast at 2,000 feet MVFR
- From Sun 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the east at 13 knots, gusting to 25, visibility 2 miles, rain, mist, overcast at 700 feet IFR
- 30% chance between Sun 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC) and 5:00 pm EDT (21:00 UTC): visibility 1 mile, heavy rain, mist IFR
- From Sun 5:00 pm EDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 12 knots, gusting to 22, visibility 1 mile, rain, mist, thunderstorms nearby, overcast at 500 feet (thunderheads) IFR
- From Sun 10:00 pm EDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the south at 5 knots, visibility 1 mile, light rain, mist, thunderstorms nearby, overcast at 500 feet (thunderheads) IFR
- 30% chance between Sun 10:00 pm EDT (02:00 UTC) and 2:00 am EDT (06:00 UTC): visibility ¾ mile, rain, mist, overcast at 300 feet LIFR
- From Mon 4:00 am EDT (08:00 UTC): wind from the north at 7 knots, visibility 1 mile, mist, showers nearby, overcast at 500 feet IFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KACY 111554Z 09016G27KT 2SM +RA BR OVC005 18/17 A3015 RMK AO2 PK WND 08029/1527 SLP209 P0026 T01780172
TAF KACY 111307Z 1113/1212 09015G25KT 4SM -RA BR OVC020 FM111600 10013G25KT 2SM RA BR OVC007 PROB30 1116/1121 1SM +RA BR FM112100 13012G22KT 1SM RA BR VCTS OVC005CB FM120200 19005KT 1SM -RA BR VCTS OVC005CB PROB30 1202/1206 3/4SM RA BR OVC003 FM120800 01007KT 1SM BR VCSH OVC005
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
1 warning in force over this field:
- AIRMET SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to cig blw 010 vis blw 3sm pcpn br fg).
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (ACY), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 130° at 41 kt; 6,000 ft: 140° at 29 kt, 10 °C; 9,000 ft: 170° at 30 kt, 9 °C; 12,000 ft: 190° at 29 kt, 5 °C; 18,000 ft: 240° at 33 kt, -7 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA ACY · ICAO KACY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 75 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additives; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1943
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 10,001 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 6,145 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| H1 | 102 × 102 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 13: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 64 ft high 2,472 ft from the end
- Runway 31: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 50 ft high 1,296 ft from the end
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 64 ft high 2,259 ft from the end
- Runway 22: VASI, four boxes on the left, tree 70 ft high 2,073 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 125.725 | Atlantic City |
| Clearance delivery | 121.7 | |
| Clearance delivery | 127.85 | Atlantic City |
| Clearance delivery | 133.6 | |
| Ground | 121.9 | Atlantic City |
| Apt Remark 22 With Common traffic advisory (CTAF) Freq · Tower | 120.3 | Atlantic City · Durg air traffic control zero events, the common traffic frequency 120.3. |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Waalk and star arriving from headings 130 to 309 | 124.6 | Atlantic City |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 310 to 129 | 134.25 | Atlantic City |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Atlantic City |
| Operations FAA operations | 123.4 | Atlantic City |
| Ang and operations | 140.7 | Atlantic City |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 609-277-2644.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 10 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
| jets | 3 |
| helicopters | 12 |
| other | 26 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 57,260, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 7,594 |
| air taxi and commuter | 5,471 |
| general aviation, travelling | 20,612 |
| general aviation, local | 6,544 |
| military | 17,039 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Atlantic City from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Atlantic City, New Jersey: 2 piston singles, 1 helicopter, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in New Jersey.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additives
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- charter flights
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Hammonton Municipal (15 nm northwest), Vineland-Downstown Airport (19 nm west), Millville Municipal (24 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in New Jersey · avgas.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
8 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 8 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor; 6 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 15 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives, 75 training center evaluators, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Richard Stephen Washart private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Marmora, NJ (11 nm) · (609) 427-3956 · 609aviation@gmail.com
- David Nelson Burton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Millville, NJ (24 nm) · (609) 247-0453 · dburton6006@gmail.com
- Emelia Bernava private pilot, commercial pilot, military competency; balloons · Forked River, NJ (29 nm) · (609) 693-0044 · dreamworks.lta@verizon.net
- Robert Valentine Drapala private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Mount Holly, NJ (32 nm) · (609) 346-2416 · aerial12@verizon.net
- Steven James Korotky private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Bayville, NJ (33 nm) · (732) 569-2223 · coastalexecutiveair@gmail.com
- William Gregory Hill private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Ocean Aire FBO - MJX Apt. · Bayville, NJ (33 nm) · (732) 740-9506 · pilotgreg@verizon.net
- william wheaton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Bayville, NJ (33 nm) · (732) 567-7637 · chiefpilot20@hotmail.com
- Roger Geoffrey Woods private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Philadelphia, PA (39 nm) · (267) 216-6207 · rogerwoods555@hotmail.com
All 110 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 21 since 1982, 8 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Existed prior to 1959.
- BAK-14 BAK-12B (B) (1600')
- BAK-14 BAK-12B (B) (1600')
- Taxiway C closed to dual tandem and double tandem equipped aircraft.
- No training flights 11:00 pm to 7:00 am local.
- Fox and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- High per military aircraft operating at airport.
- Military: ang: bash phase II in effect APR-OCT contact base operations on 261.0 or 140.7 for current bash condition.
- Military: ang: non-standard mrk on ang ramps: blue lines delineate F-16 wing tip clnc, yellow lines at hangar doors for pers clear zone.
- Avoid centerline light dur cable engagement to prevent tailhook bounce.
- Durg air traffic control zero events, the common traffic frequency 120.3.
- Ang arm/dearm pads for military use only.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Atlantic City 4 aircraft · 2 piston singles, 1 helicopters, 1 business jets
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 21 since 1982 · 8 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in New Jersey 1,187 since 1982 · 135 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in New Jersey 40 landing places
- New Jersey 3,024 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/ACY.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 9, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.