Wilmington International in March 2024

87.8%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 500 domestic departures from Wilmington International (ILM). 87.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.0% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so ILM departures were 9.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ILM that month were on time 83.6% of the time (500 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 34% and extreme weather 14%.

On time 88.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.8%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	ILM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	87.8%	—	78.3%	78.5%
Arrived on time	88.0%	—	78.2%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	3.2%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.7 min	—	16.8 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	—	21	19,726
Scheduled departures	500	—	7,522	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	162	32%	87.7%	-3.6 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	112	22%	86.6%	0.5 min	0.9%
YX Republic Airline	75	15%	88.0%	7.9 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	64	13%	96.9%	-11.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	55	11%	90.9%	5.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	27	5%	66.7%	12.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	5	1%	100.0%	-4.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ILM–CLT	Wilmington to Charlotte	212	87.3%	-1.2 min	0.5%
ILM–ATL	Wilmington to Atlanta	93	94.6%	-2.1 min	0.0%
ILM–LGA	Wilmington to New York	93	89.2%	1.9 min	0.0%
ILM–DCA	Wilmington to Washington	62	88.7%	-4.9 min	0.0%
ILM–DFW	Wilmington to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	67.7%	11.0 min	0.0%
ILM–MIA	Wilmington to Miami	5	80.0%	42.2 min	0.0%
ILM–PHL	Wilmington to Philadelphia	4	100.0%	-12.7 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	34.3%	32.1%	1,809
Late-arriving aircraft	44.6%	42.1%	2,351
National Aviation System	7.2%	21.4%	377
Extreme weather	13.9%	4.2%	730
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,267 delay minutes on 59 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 March 2024?

87.8% of 500 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.