Wilmington International in February 2024

90.2%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 470 domestic departures from Wilmington International (ILM). 90.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.8% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so ILM departures were 6.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ILM that month were on time 87.4% of the time (470 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 89.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.6%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	ILM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	90.2%	—	78.3%	84.0%
Arrived on time	89.8%	—	78.2%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	3.2%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.4 min	—	16.8 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	—	21	17,307
Scheduled departures	470	—	7,522	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	160	34%	88.1%	-2.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	93	20%	91.4%	-9.3 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	72	15%	88.9%	-5.7 min	2.8%
9E Endeavor Air	70	15%	91.4%	-1.6 min	1.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	37	8%	94.6%	-6.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	29	6%	86.2%	-3.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	9	2%	88.9%	-7.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ILM–CLT	Wilmington to Charlotte	199	91.5%	-7.1 min	0.0%
ILM–ATL	Wilmington to Atlanta	87	93.1%	-8.3 min	0.0%
ILM–LGA	Wilmington to New York	85	88.2%	0.6 min	3.5%
ILM–DCA	Wilmington to Washington	58	82.8%	1.3 min	0.0%
ILM–DFW	Wilmington to Dallas/Fort Worth	29	86.2%	-2.6 min	0.0%
ILM–PHL	Wilmington to Philadelphia	8	100.0%	-13.4 min	0.0%
ILM–MIA	Wilmington to Miami	4	75.0%	3.3 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	38.2%	35.9%	1,152
Late-arriving aircraft	39.5%	36.9%	1,191
National Aviation System	12.7%	21.7%	383
Extreme weather	9.7%	5.3%	292
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

3,018 delay minutes on 45 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 February 2024?

90.2% of 470 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.