Wilmington International in November 2023

93.5%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 556 domestic departures from Wilmington International (ILM). 93.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 91.9% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so ILM departures were 7.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ILM that month were on time 92.6% of the time (554 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 91.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 7.9%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	ILM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	93.5%	—	78.3%	86.0%
Arrived on time	91.9%	—	78.2%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	3.2%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.5 min	—	16.8 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	—	21	18,793
Scheduled departures	556	—	7,522	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	201	36%	92.5%	-5.9 min	0.5%
YX Republic Airline	116	21%	89.7%	-3.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	82	15%	96.3%	-6.1 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	63	11%	93.7%	-11.6 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	61	11%	93.4%	-7.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	33	6%	78.8%	6.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ILM–CLT	Wilmington to Charlotte	204	94.1%	-6.4 min	0.0%
ILM–LGA	Wilmington to New York	110	90.0%	-7.3 min	0.0%
ILM–ATL	Wilmington to Atlanta	91	96.7%	-6.6 min	0.0%
ILM–DCA	Wilmington to Washington	58	87.9%	-6.0 min	1.7%
ILM–EWR	Wilmington to Newark	57	91.2%	-3.5 min	0.0%
ILM–DFW	Wilmington to Dallas/Fort Worth	29	79.3%	2.6 min	0.0%
ILM–BOS	Wilmington to Boston	4	75.0%	32.8 min	0.0%
ILM–MIA	Wilmington to Miami	3	100.0%	-14.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	50.2%	42.5%	1,432
Late-arriving aircraft	31.6%	37.3%	903
National Aviation System	18.2%	16.2%	520
Extreme weather	0.0%	3.7%	0
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

2,855 delay minutes on 44 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 November 2023?

93.5% of 556 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 91.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.