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The Ramstein AB to JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst run came up 97 times in the year ending September 2026, about twice a week. On the 94 of those where the terminal reported who made the cut, Category VI travelers, the retirees and veterans at the back of the line, got a seat 65 percent of the time.
By raw volume, August and March saw the most departures on this route in the year ending September 2026, and November the fewest. The route was active in 13 of the 13 months on record.
Category VI is the last group called at roll call. On this route, 65 percent of the 94 reported flights still had room by the time Cat VI was called. The rate looks rough on its own. Read it with the seat numbers below before you write the route off.
The lowest category that made each reported flight, in the year ending September 2026:
| Category I | 2 flights |
| Category III | 26 flights |
| Category V | 5 flights |
| Category VI | 61 flights |
Seats are the other half of the picture. On the 95 flights that reported both numbers, the terminal released an average of 41 seats and 11 were taken, so a typical flight on this route left with about 30 Space-A seats empty. That is the tell. With that much room, the roll calls that stopped at a higher category were mostly flights where nobody further down the list was there to take a seat, not flights that turned retirees away.
How early did the last traveler who got on sign up? On the 17 flights where the terminal published a sign-up cutoff, the median was under a day before the flight. Read that as the floor, not the plan: sign up the moment you know your dates.
A schedule on the 72-hour board is a plan, not a promise, and on this route the record says how much of a plan. Of the 39 flights posted to Ramstein AB's board for JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in the last 120 days, 9 (23 percent) disappeared from the board more than twelve hours before they were due to fly, 24 (62 percent) changed their roll-call time after first posting, and 13 (33 percent) changed their seat count. Normal turbulence for Space-A. Check the board the night before and again the morning of.
Sign-up at Ramstein AB is free and does not commit you to anything. You can email the terminal at 721aps.ramsteinspaceasignup@us.af.mil (the email doubles as your dated proof of sign-up), use the AMC online sign-up portal and call 06371-46-4441 to confirm anything time-sensitive. Do it 45 to 60 days before you want to travel, because your place in line at roll call is your sign-up date, and a sign-up is good for 60 days.
In the year ending September 2026, Ramstein AB recorded 97 Space-A flights to JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, which works out to about twice a week. Firm schedules only appear about 72 hours ahead; the free live boards at spaceascout.com show what is posted now.
In the year ending September 2026, Category VI travelers, which covers retirees and eligible veterans, made the cut on 65 percent of the 94 flights where Ramstein AB reported a category for this route.
Email 721aps.ramsteinspaceasignup@us.af.mil with your name, category, number of travelers and desired destinations, or use the AMC online portal. Sign up 45 to 60 days before you want to fly. It is free and the email gives you a dated record.
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