Wilmington International in October 2024

91.0%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 777 domestic departures from Wilmington International (ILM). 91.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.4% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so ILM departures were 5.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 658 departures with 91.6% leaving on time: a change of −0.6 points, with flights up 18%.

Flights arriving at ILM that month were on time 89.4% of the time (777 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 88.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.6%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	ILM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	91.0%	91.6%	78.3%	85.5%
Arrived on time	88.4%	90.9%	78.2%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.2%	3.2%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.2 min	8.9 min	16.8 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	26	22	21	20,517
Scheduled departures	777	658	7,522	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	227	29%	88.5%	0.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	139	18%	84.9%	-1.5 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	120	15%	86.7%	-4.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	105	14%	86.7%	3.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	100	13%	89.0%	-8.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	86	11%	97.7%	-3.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ILM–CLT	Wilmington to Charlotte	259	88.4%	3.9 min	0.0%
ILM–LGA	Wilmington to New York	173	86.1%	-2.9 min	0.0%
ILM–ATL	Wilmington to Atlanta	118	94.1%	-3.2 min	0.0%
ILM–PHL	Wilmington to Philadelphia	63	85.7%	-5.9 min	0.0%
ILM–DCA	Wilmington to Washington	62	83.9%	-6.5 min	0.0%
ILM–DFW	Wilmington to Dallas/Fort Worth	61	91.8%	-14.8 min	0.0%
ILM–BOS	Wilmington to Boston	31	83.9%	3.6 min	0.0%
ILM–EWR	Wilmington to Newark	9	100.0%	-6.3 min	0.0%
ILM–MIA	Wilmington to Miami	1	100.0%	-1.0 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	50.9%	42.7%	3,191
Late-arriving aircraft	28.4%	37.4%	1,778
National Aviation System	18.7%	16.3%	1,172
Extreme weather	2.1%	3.4%	130
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,271 delay minutes on 90 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 2024?

91.0% of 777 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 91.6% of 658 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 91.0% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.