Wilmington International in February 2025

74.4%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 422 domestic departures from Wilmington International (ILM). 74.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.7% reached their destination on time; 5.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so ILM departures were 4.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 470 departures with 90.2% leaving on time: a change of −15.8 points, with flights down 10%.

Flights arriving at ILM that month were on time 68.1% of the time (423 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, late-arriving aircraft 41% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 72.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.3%
Cancelled 5.7%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from ILM in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	ILM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	74.4%	90.2%	78.3%	79.2%
Arrived on time	72.7%	89.8%	78.2%	77.9%
Cancelled	5.7%	0.6%	3.2%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.5 min	7.4 min	16.8 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	16	21	16,830
Scheduled departures	422	470	7,522	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	154	36%	59.7%	30.9 min	11.7%
MQ Envoy Air	94	22%	79.8%	-8.1 min	2.1%
AA American Airlines	84	20%	83.3%	9.0 min	1.2%
YX Republic Airline	76	18%	77.6%	-1.3 min	3.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	14	3%	78.6%	13.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ILM–CLT	Wilmington to Charlotte	184	76.1%	7.9 min	3.8%
ILM–LGA	Wilmington to New York	74	78.4%	-1.7 min	4.1%
ILM–DCA	Wilmington to Washington	70	41.4%	67.6 min	20.0%
ILM–DFW	Wilmington to Dallas/Fort Worth	50	84.0%	-8.7 min	0.0%
ILM–MIA	Wilmington to Miami	30	90.0%	-17.5 min	0.0%
ILM–ATL	Wilmington to Atlanta	14	78.6%	13.8 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	47.6%	33.9%	4,286
Late-arriving aircraft	41.0%	36.9%	3,694
National Aviation System	9.7%	22.5%	873
Extreme weather	1.7%	6.6%	154
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

9,007 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 February 2025?

74.4% of 422 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 90.2% of 470 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 74.4% and 5.7% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.