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Wilmington International Airport (ILM) delays & on-time performance

Wilmington, North Carolina · 12 nonstop destinations · 7 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at ILM right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.

On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.2%
241 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
85 min when late
Departed on time
81%
avg taxi-out 17 min

Figures cover 7,522 departures from ILM; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into ILM were on time 77% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing Wilmington International Airport (ILM) arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
  • 3.2% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (87% on time); PSA Airlines was the least (73%).
  • Departures scheduled around 5am did best (94% on time); around 7pm did worst (64%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (41%).

Most delayed routes from ILM

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 12 routes from ILM →

Most reliable routes from ILM

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at ILM

Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
Delta Air Lines87%1.0%10 min21,176
American Airlines86%2.7%15 min52,334
Envoy Air81%1.1%15 min5800
Republic Airways79%5.3%16 min71,742
SkyWest Airlines78%4.3%36 min2117
PSA Airlines73%5.1%24 min31,173
JetBlue59%0.6%41 min1180

Best time to fly out of ILM

On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).

  • 5am94%319 flts
  • 6am92%1,463 flts
  • 7am92%526 flts
  • 8am84%127 flts
  • 9am87%218 flts
  • 10am91%596 flts
  • 11am86%412 flts
  • 12pm72%386 flts
  • 1pm76%372 flts
  • 2pm77%556 flts
  • 3pm69%452 flts
  • 4pm66%343 flts
  • 5pm74%660 flts
  • 6pm73%389 flts
  • 7pm64%500 flts
  • 8pm76%203 flts

Monthly trend

60%80%100%July 2025: 73.1% on time, 4.9% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 82.2% on time, 1.8% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 87.1% on time, 1.1% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 80.5% on time, 1.5% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 81.7% on time, 2.5% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 77.0% on time, 2.2% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 83.5% on time, 11.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 80.1% on time, 6.2% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 78.4% on time, 5.4% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 86.0% on time, 1.2% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 83.5% on time, 0.9% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 80.5% on time, 2.9% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 72.7% on time, 4.9% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft41%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)28%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion20%
  • Extreme weather10%
  • Security0%

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.