Wilmington International in October 2023

91.6%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 658 domestic departures from Wilmington International (ILM). 91.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.9% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so ILM departures were 7.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ILM that month were on time 90.3% of the time (658 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 28% and extreme weather 17%.

On time 90.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 8.7%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from ILM in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	ILM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	91.6%	—	78.3%	83.8%
Arrived on time	90.9%	—	78.2%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	3.2%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.9 min	—	16.8 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	22	—	21	19,966
Scheduled departures	658	—	7,522	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	204	31%	89.7%	1.9 min	0.5%
YX Republic Airline	172	26%	93.6%	-6.6 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	119	18%	93.3%	-10.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	67	10%	85.1%	7.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	9%	95.2%	-1.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	34	5%	79.4%	0.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ILM–CLT	Wilmington to Charlotte	207	87.9%	3.6 min	0.5%
ILM–LGA	Wilmington to New York	143	90.9%	-6.5 min	0.0%
ILM–ATL	Wilmington to Atlanta	118	94.9%	-7.2 min	0.0%
ILM–DCA	Wilmington to Washington	62	90.3%	2.8 min	0.0%
ILM–EWR	Wilmington to Newark	62	96.8%	-10.0 min	0.0%
ILM–BOS	Wilmington to Boston	31	93.5%	0.6 min	0.0%
ILM–DFW	Wilmington to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	80.6%	-3.2 min	0.0%
ILM–PHL	Wilmington to Philadelphia	4	100.0%	-10.7 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	28.3%	41.3%	1,548
Late-arriving aircraft	46.2%	40.5%	2,526
National Aviation System	8.5%	14.4%	467
Extreme weather	16.9%	3.7%	925
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,466 delay minutes on 57 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left ILM on time in October 2023?

91.6% of 658 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for ILM · methodology · corrections.