Wilmington International in November 2024

89.5%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 659 domestic departures from Wilmington International (ILM). 89.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.9% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so ILM departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 556 departures with 93.5% leaving on time: a change of −4.0 points, with flights up 19%.

Flights arriving at ILM that month were on time 86.3% of the time (659 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, national aviation system 35% and air carrier 28%.

On time 86.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.7%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	ILM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	89.5%	93.5%	78.3%	85.2%
Arrived on time	86.9%	91.9%	78.2%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.2%	3.2%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.6 min	5.5 min	16.8 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	22	19	21	19,180
Scheduled departures	659	556	7,522	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	184	28%	88.0%	-3.3 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	139	21%	79.9%	2.1 min	0.7%
9E Endeavor Air	125	19%	86.4%	-1.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	85	13%	87.1%	-1.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	65	10%	89.2%	-3.7 min	1.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	61	9%	98.4%	-10.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ILM–CLT	Wilmington to Charlotte	214	89.7%	-4.8 min	0.0%
ILM–LGA	Wilmington to New York	153	83.0%	-0.5 min	0.0%
ILM–ATL	Wilmington to Atlanta	107	96.3%	-7.1 min	0.0%
ILM–EWR	Wilmington to Newark	59	72.9%	6.1 min	1.7%
ILM–DFW	Wilmington to Dallas/Fort Worth	58	87.9%	-3.6 min	1.7%
ILM–DCA	Wilmington to Washington	55	80.0%	5.3 min	0.0%
ILM–PHL	Wilmington to Philadelphia	7	100.0%	-8.3 min	0.0%
ILM–BOS	Wilmington to Boston	4	100.0%	-7.5 min	0.0%
ILM–MIA	Wilmington to Miami	2	100.0%	1.0 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	28.4%	36.9%	1,323
Late-arriving aircraft	35.4%	35.6%	1,647
National Aviation System	34.9%	21.9%	1,624
Extreme weather	1.3%	5.4%	60
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,654 delay minutes on 84 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 2024?

89.5% of 659 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 93.5% of 556 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 89.5% and 0.3% in November 2024.

Provenance

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