Wilmington International in January 2024

80.2%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 500 domestic departures from Wilmington International (ILM). 80.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.2% reached their destination on time; 3.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so ILM departures were 6.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ILM that month were on time 75.2% of the time (500 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 56%, extreme weather 19% and air carrier 14%.

On time 79.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.6%
Cancelled 3.0%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from ILM in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	ILM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	80.2%	—	78.3%	74.0%
Arrived on time	79.2%	—	78.2%	72.9%
Cancelled	3.0%	—	3.2%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.5 min	—	16.8 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	—	21	18,242
Scheduled departures	500	—	7,522	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	146	29%	73.3%	16.6 min	4.1%
AA American Airlines	118	24%	86.4%	-1.3 min	0.8%
YX Republic Airline	81	16%	74.1%	5.1 min	7.4%
9E Endeavor Air	66	13%	81.8%	8.8 min	3.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	57	11%	93.0%	-6.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	31	6%	64.5%	16.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1	0%	0.0%	25.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ILM–CLT	Wilmington to Charlotte	208	81.3%	7.3 min	1.9%
ILM–ATL	Wilmington to Atlanta	93	86.0%	6.1 min	0.0%
ILM–LGA	Wilmington to New York	89	79.8%	-4.3 min	7.9%
ILM–DCA	Wilmington to Washington	62	71.0%	13.9 min	4.8%
ILM–DFW	Wilmington to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	64.5%	16.6 min	0.0%
ILM–PHL	Wilmington to Philadelphia	13	69.2%	3.8 min	7.7%
ILM–MIA	Wilmington to Miami	4	75.0%	48.8 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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	13.7%	32.6%	1,034
Late-arriving aircraft	55.8%	39.0%	4,224
National Aviation System	11.8%	17.9%	895
Extreme weather	18.8%	10.3%	1,422
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,575 delay minutes on 88 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 January 2024?

80.2% of 500 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.